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Written question asked by Fiona Bruce (Conservative) on Friday, 21 April 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 April 2017. It was answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative) on Thursday, 27 April 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Brook Advisory Centres

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has allocated to Brook (a) directly and (b) through local authorities in each of the last five years.

Answer

The Department and Public Health England (PHE) have provided funding to a number of sexual health charities, including Brook and the Family Planning Association in the past five years through the Innovation, Excellence and Strategic Development fund. These contracts are for national HIV prevention, specialist sexual health information services and other nationally funded work. Total allocations are:

2012/13:

£3,215,362

2013/14:

£3,021,434

2014/15:

£3,119,318

2015/16:

£1,672,660

2016/17:

£1,758,120

In addition, PHE has run an HIV Prevention Innovation Fund for local voluntary sector organisations in 2015 (up to £500,000) and 2016 (up to £600,000) and are running another call in 2017.

Details of the 2015 and 2016 funds are publically available at:

https://publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2016/12/01/health-matters-a-look-at-the-hiv-prevention-innovation-fund/

with details on specific call available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/launch-of-innovative-hiv-prevention-fund

and:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-funding-for-local-hiv-prevention

Information on contracts local authorities hold with sexual health charities is not collected centrally.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
71643
Session
2016-17
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Finance Brook Advisory Centres
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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