Family Planning: Finance Mr. Amess To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what grants his Department made to (a) Brook, (b) the Family Planning Association, (c) Marie Stopes International, (d) the British Pregnancy Advisory Service and (e) Education for Choice in each of the last five years; what the (i) value and (ii) purpose of each such grant was; what restrictions apply to the ways in which funds from each grant may be spent; and if he will make a statement. Beverley Hughes The amounts paid by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) to the organisations listed in the question, along with a summary of the purpose for which the payments were made, are included in the following table. There no restrictions on the way that funding may be spent other than those that apply to all funding under the programmes listed in the table and that it should be used for the purpose intended. The Department has not provided funding to the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) or Marie Stopes International. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Organisation |Amount (£) |Source of funding |Purpose | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-06|fpa (formerly Family Planning Association)|250,637 |Parenting fund |Delivery of the ‘Speakeasy’ training programme, which enables parents and carers to have more knowledge and confidence in speaking to their children about sex and relationships | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-08|fpa |170,000 |Parenting fund |Local funding for Speakeasy programmes in Birmingham and Hackney (receiving £85,000 each) | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-05|fpa |10,000 |Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Programme funding |To identify good practice on young people friendly sexual health services in general practice and other health settings | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-09|fpa |575,000 (175,000 in 2006-07; 200,000 in 2007-08; 200,000 in 2008-09)|Children, Young People and Families (CYPF) Grant programme|To support fpa’s strategic activities in relation to the Speakeasy programme including accredited training courses for professionals and parents; developing and supporting local Speakeasy networks; and recruiting two trainers to the programme | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-06|fpa |58,000 |Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Programme funding |To develop and deliver a training course for health and non-health professionals, to enable them to provide more pro-active contraceptive advice to help young people to avoid second pregnancies | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-06|fpa |20,565 |Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Programme funding |To deliver courses on sex, relationships, pregnancy and parenthood for those working with looked after children and young people | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007-10|Brook |119,572 (36,223 in 2007-08) |CYPF Grant programme |Strategic funding for training and consultancy support on all aspects of teenage pregnancy prevention and sexual health promotion for vulnerable young people from disadvantaged communities | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-07|Brook |11,750 |Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Programme funding |To develop a leaflet “Contraceptive choices after having a baby” for young parents to support them in preventing second unplanned pregnancies | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-08|Brook |9,925 |Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Programme funding |Developing and circulating a poster “Believe it or not” which reminds young women of the ease of getting pregnant immediately after haying a baby | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007-08|Brook |14,306.04 |Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Programme funding |Developing and circulating a poster “contraception after abortion” informing young women about the risk of becoming pregnant after an abortion | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-07|Brook |15,000 |Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Programme funding |Developing guidance on effective sexual health outreach work | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-08|Brook London |19,350 |Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Programme funding |Developing and evaluating dual language cards in eight foreign languages for newly arrived young people in the UK whose first language is not English to encourage them to use sexual health advice services | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-07|Education for Choice (EfC) |38,000 |Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Programme funding |Delivery of training programmes for health and education professionals to facilitate discussion about pregnancy and abortion; revision and development of EfC’s website; work with boys and young men; and support for parents to help them discuss pregnancy choices and abortion| 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