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<p>The Government provides funding to local authorities for their public health responsibilities,
including sexual health services, through a public health grant. It is for individual
local authorities to decide their spending priorities based on an assessment of local
need, including the need for sexual health services taking account of their statutory
duties. They are required by regulations to provide services for sexually transmitted
infection testing and treatment and contraception.</p><p>Future funding for local
authorities’ public health responsibilities will be considered carefully in the next
spending review, taking full account of the available evidence.</p>
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