Health: HIV

Lord Adebowale
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]

The Minister of State, Department of Health (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)
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.

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|       |£ million|
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|1986-87|7.600    |
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|1987-88|11.210   |
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|1988-89|10.000   |
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|1989-90|12.000   |
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|1990-91|10.000   |
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|1991-92|11.000   |
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|1992-93|11.230   |
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|1993-94|9.410    |
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|1994-95|9.870    |
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|1995-96|8.060    |
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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.

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|         |£ million|
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|1996-97  |0.820    |
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|1997-98  |1.375    |
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|1998-99  |1.400    |
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|1999-2000|1.400    |
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|2000-01  |1.500    |
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|2001-02  |1.550    |
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|2002-03  |1.600    |
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|2003-04  |1.700    |
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|2004-05  |1.700    |
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|2005-06  |1.700    |
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|2006-07  |2.750    |
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|2007-08  |2.750    |
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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.