Sexual health funding – 2016-2020

I would like to know:

1) If your council has any planned cuts to sexual-health funding for the year 2019/20, compared to 2018/19. If so, I would like to know what these planned cuts will look like (e.g. reduced opening hours for sexual health services, reduced staff, closures to sexual health services etc)

We can confirm that there are no planned cuts to sexual health funding for the year 2019/20 compared to 2018/19

2) If your council has any plans to increase sexual-health funding for the year 2019/20, compared to 2018/19. If so, I would like to what these planned increases will look like (e.g. increased opening hours for sexual health services, increased staff, opening of sexual health services etc.)

We are likely to spend more this year than last year because we would expect a year-on-year increase in activity.  The budget has increased to £6,227,000 compared to £6,219,000 for 2018/19.

3) The total amount of changes (for example, changes to funding) or closures to existing sexual health services within your council, between the years 2016/17 and 2019/2020 inclusive.

Following a re-procurement exercise in 2017/18 the number of specialist community sexual and reproductive health service contracts reduced from 3 to 2. There was no change in the sexual health service offered during this time period in Devon County Council area.