Data collected on sexual health expenditure by local authority as part of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government General Fund Revenue Account Outturn data on Social Care and Public Health service spend show that 94 of the 152 local authorities spent less on sexual health services in 2017-18 than in 2016-17.<\/p>
Returns from the Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Dataset (SRHAD) data show that in 2017-18, there was a reduced number of services in 49 local authority areas compared to 2016-17. Other services may provide contraception but not complete a SRHAD return. Ongoing reconfiguration of individual sexual and reproductive health services can vary which means that reduction in number of services need not necessarily equate to reduction in overall provision. Contraception is also widely available free of charge through general practice. No assessment has been made on the impact of these changes.<\/p>
The Government has mandated local authorities in England to commission comprehensive open access sexual health services, including advice on, and reasonable access to, a broad range of contraceptive substances and appliances. It is for local authorities to assess and understand local needs, including assessing the impact locally of reductions due to service reconfiguration, and determine how funding is spent to deliver services that meet those needs.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4545", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord O'Shaughnessy"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-12-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "HL12213"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-12-20T12:34:04.973Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Genito-urinary Medicine: Finance"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of councils that have reduced or plan to reduce their budgets for sexual and reproductive health services; and what assessment they have made of the impact of any such reductions on women of reproductive age living in affected areas.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/200", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Tonge"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Tonge"} ], "uin" : "HL12212"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 1, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }