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Written question asked by Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 10 October 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 October 2025. It was answered by Ashley Dalton (Labour) on Monday, 20 October 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Sexual and Reproductive Health: Surrey

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase funding for sexual health services in Surrey.

Answer

Upper tier local authorities in England, including Surrey, are responsible for commissioning comprehensive, open access to most sexual health services (SHSs) funded through the public health grant (PHG). In 2025/26, we increased funding through the PHG to £3.884 billion, providing local authorities with an average 6.1% cash increase and a 3.4% real terms increase, the biggest real-terms increase after nearly a decade of reduced spending.

From 2026/27, we will bring together over £4 billion of public health funding for local government by consolidating service-specific grants into the PHG. Individual local authorities are well-placed to make funding and commissioning decisions about the SHSs that best meet the needs of their local populations.

The Government is committed to ending new HIV transmissions in England by 2030 and is developing a new HIV Action Plan in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency, NHS England, and a broad range of system partners, which we aim to publish this year. The Action Plan will have a key objective to support the system to work better together in the delivery of SRH services.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
80918
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Finance Sexual and reproductive health Surrey
Link
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