Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the joint statement on contraception by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics and the International Confederation of Midwives, when they expect person-centred and respectful contraception provision to be integrated into FCDO-supported sexual, reproductive, maternal and adolescent care services, as well as into emergency obstetric and neonatal care.

The FCDO actively supports women's and girls' right to be able to make their own, informed decisions about modern methods of contraception. We have significantly increased access to voluntary family planning globally. In 2023, the UNFPA Supplies Partnership, which includes the UK, reached 23 million women and girls in the lowest income countries.

Midwives are crucial to ensuring guidance and access to contraception is integrated into maternal health services. The FCDO recently signed an agreement with the International Confederation of Midwives, aiming to strengthen midwifery associations in three countries. Funding will support midwives to implement the midwifery models of care framework.