Chlamydia: Screening
(asked on 9th January 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on the national chlamydia screening programme in each year since 2015.
Local authorities are responsible for commissioning chlamydia screening for their local population as part of their public health responsibilities, funded by the Public Health Grant. The Department publishes annual reports on local authority public health spending.
The following table shows the spend on sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and treatment via the Public Health Grant, including chlamydia, between 2015/16 and 2021/22:
Financial Year | STI testing and treatment (cash prices), £ | STI testing and treatment (real prices), £ |
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2015/16 | 369,375 | 447,950 | |
2016/17 | 374,241 | 443,755 | |
2017/18 | 363,757 | 424,672 | |
2018/19 | 339,111 | 387,724 | |
2019/20 | 324,400 | 362,349 | |
2020/21 | 308,204 | 326,477 | |
2021/22 | 326,564 | 348,785 | |
Source: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities