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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much he gave in each of the last five years to (a) Marie Stopes International, (b) International Planned Parenthood Federation, (c) British Pregnancy Advisory Service, (d) Pregnancy Advisory Service, (e) United Nations Population Fund and (f) Family Planning Association (UK) for the purpose of (i) abortion, (ii) family planning and (iii) other reproductive health services; and how much was given by his Department to other organisations, in each of the last five years for which figures are available, to promote reproductive (A) health care, (B) abortion and (C) family planning, broken down by organisation. [86857] Ms Blears: The Department has not provided any funding to Marie Stopes International, International Planned Parenthood Federation, British Pregnancy Advisory Service, the Pregnancy Advisory Service (which is no longer in existence) or the United Nations Population Fund in any of the last five years. Funding has been given to the organisations shown in the table. Funding for Brook Advisory Centres includes funding for various projects and core funding under the Section 64 General Scheme (Section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968) to support the central office of this organisation for the purpose of reproductive health services and advice for young people aged under 25. Funding for the fpa includes funding for various projects and Section 64 funding to support the central office of the organisation. Funding for the Contraceptive Education Service is for the purposes of providing reproductive health advice and information to the public and health professionals. Funding for Education for Choice was to support specific projects for the purposes of education on pregnancy choices and funding for Fertility UK was Section 64 funding to support the central office of this organisation for the purposes of family planning. £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Total Brook Advisory Centres 158,953 126,460 121,000 120,000 120,000 646,413 fpa (formerly the Family 189,400 315 ,500 212,000 209,000 80,000 1,005,900 Planning Association) fpa (Contraceptive 900,000 900,000 900,000 900,000 975,000 4,575,000 Education Service) Education for Choice 31,000 52,000 83,000 Fertility UK 25,000 35,000 30,000 30,000 120,000 1,248,353 1,341,960 1,264,000 1,311,000 1,175,000 6,340,313 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

86857; 397 c330-2W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Abortion Finance Grants Family planning Reproduction International Planned Parenthood Federation UN Population Fund Marie Stopes International British Pregnancy Advisory Service Brook Advisory Centres FPA Education for Choice Fertility UK

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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