Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to improve the provision of long-acting reversible contraception in Nottingham.

The Government provides funding for contraception, both as an essential service which general practices (GPs) must either provide or arrange for the provision of to their patients through the GP Contract, and through the public health grant to local authorities.

Local authorities in England are responsible for commissioning comprehensive, open access sexual and reproductive health services, including the provision of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), to meet local demand. Integrated care boards may also commission GPs to offer LARC as an enhanced service to their local population, in addition to the service provided through the GP contract.

It is for Nottingham City Council and Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board to decide on commissioning arrangements in Nottingham based on an assessment of local need.