Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for contraception services; and whether his Department has plans to review funding levels for contraception.

No assessment has been made of the adequacy of funding for contraceptive services and the Department currently have no plans to review funding levels for contraception.

The Government has provided more than £3.4 billion of ring-fenced funding to local authorities in England in 2022/23 to fund public health services, including contraceptive provision in sexual health services. It is for individual local authorities to determine spending priorities based on an assessment of local need, including the need for contraceptive services taking account of statutory duties.