Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2019 to Question 212365 on Genito-urinary Medicine: Contacts, whether the data provided on face to face contacts captures appointments in relation to (a) contraception, (b) STIs and (c) both matters; and if he will make a statement.

NHS Digital collects and publishes data from the Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Dataset. The data captures appointments in relation to contraception provided by sexual and reproductive health clinics. The data do not capture detail on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) unless contraception services are integrated with genitourinary medicine services when limited information on STI related contacts (such as was STI advice/treatment given) are collected.

Data on contraception and STIs are only captured in the context described above and are limited.