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Health: HIV

Volume 692: debated on Monday 14 May 2007

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How much money they have spent on public health awareness campaigns to reduce the spread of HIV in each year since 1986. [HL3144]

Expenditure on sexual health campaigns, from 1986-87 to 1995-96, including HIV public education, contraception awareness and prevention of sexually transmitted infections, is set out in the following table. It is not possible to separate out funding solely related to HIV awareness.

£ million

1986-87

7.600

1987-88

11.210

1988-89

10.000

1989-90

12.000

1990-91

10.000

1991-92

11.000

1992-93

11.230

1993-94

9.410

1994-95

9.870

1995-96

8.060

Since 1996-97 the department has funded separate HIV health promotion for gay men and African communities. Expenditure is set out on the following table.

£ million

1996-97

0.820

1997-98

1.375

1998-99

1.400

1999-2000

1.400

2000-01

1.500

2001-02

1.550

2002-03

1.600

2003-04

1.700

2004-05

1.700

2005-06

1.700

2006-07

2.750

2007-08

2.750

Notes: Both tables exclude local work funded by the National Health Service. Table two excludes HIV awareness raising and information resources for the general population produced by the former Health Education Authority (and Health Promotion England) and the Family Planning Association through sexually transmitted infections awareness campaigns.