Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions, and with whom, they have had about councils being unable to provide accurate data on funding for contraceptive services.

No discussions have been held about councils being unable to provide accurate data on funding for contraceptive services. Data on local authority expenditure on contraception is reported to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government as part of General Fund Revenue Account Outturn data on Social Care and Public Health service spend. Public Health England works with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to validate the data reported by local authorities before publication.