Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 35994

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Tabled: 5 March 2025
Answered: 13 March 2025

Question

Paul Davies

LabourColne Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections in England; and whether he plans to allocate public health funding to this.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Dedicated local sexual health services play a key public health role in the diagnosis, early treatment, and management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Individual local authorities, funded through a ring-fenced Public Health Grant (PHG), are res...

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