Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Public Health England's report entitled Extending Public Health England’s contraception return on investment tool: Maternity and primary care settings, published in July 2021, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding that every £1 invested in long-acting reversible contraception in primary care provides a return on investment of £48 over ten years; and when his Department plans to update that modelling.

No formal assessment has been made and we have no current plans to update the modelling. However, the Government recognises the significant return on investment on publicly funded contraception and we are committed to ensuring the public receive the best possible contraceptive services. We continue to provide funding for these essential services through the GP Contract and Public Health Grant.