Written questions by Eshalomi.

Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of UK efforts to increase the global availability of medicines to prevent HIV.

The UK remains committed to sustainable development goal 3.3 including ending AIDS by 2030. The UK supports partners including UNAIDS, Unitaid, and the Global Fund to improve equitable access to HIV prevention services tailored to individual needs. In 2023, the Global Fund partnership reached 17.9 million people with HIV prevention services. Unitaid recently committed $17 million in market-shaping grants to accelerate affordable access to long-acting lenacapavir for HIV prevention. UK investment in research and development supported the development of the dapivirine vaginal ring, another important tool for HIV prevention.

Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assistance his Department is giving to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the recent mpox outbreaks in that country.

During his visit to DRC in August, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Africa), Lord Collins, announced £3.1 million UK funding to UNICEF for cholera and mpox response in DRC. It will reach 4.4 million people in affected communities and will boost the DRC's national response for mpox by bolstering surveillance, and ensuring thousands of patients can access healthcare as well as nutritious food to fight infection. The UK is also providing £340 million core voluntary contribution to WHO over 2020-2024, as well as £3 million to WHO's regional office to Africa for health emergency response.