The following table shows the sums which will be allocated to strategic health authorities (SHAs) in 2009-10 to assist with improving access to contraceptive services, particularly for young people. The announcement on 26 February 2009 stated that £1 million would be allocated in respect of further education (FE) colleges.
The Department found, subsequent to the announcement, that SHAs had received a large number of bids and were keen to respond to these and to receive more than £1 million to expand contraceptive services in FE colleges. We therefore increased this allocation to £1.6 million.
SHA Contraception FE colleges Total North East 780,000 150,000 930,000 North West 1,210,000 200,000 1,410,000 Yorkshire and Humberside 1,010,000 150,000 1,160,000 East Midlands 900,000 150,000 1,050,000 West Midlands 1,000,000 150,000 1,150,000 East of England 1,000,000 150,000 1,150,000 London 1,300,000 200,000 1,500,000 South East Coast 900,000 150,000 1,050,000 South Central 900,000 150,000 1,050,000 South West 1,000,000 150,000 1,150,000 Total 10,000,000 1,600,000 11,600,000
In addition to the funding announced on 26 February, each SHA will also receive an additional £250,000 to pump-prime the provision of information technology in community contraception services.
SHAs have been advised of these allocations.
Primary care trust (PCT) allocations are being increased by 5.5 per cent. in both 2009-10 and 2010-11—a total cash increase of £8.6 billion. PCT allocations are not broken down into funding for individual policy streams such as contraception services. Rather it is for the national health service locally to decide how much resource to invest in order to meet national and local priorities as set out in the NHS Operating Framework, which mentions tackling teenage pregnancy as a key priority for local action.