To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total amount of public money given to Antenatal Results and Choices (ARC) or its precursor organisation, Support After Termination for Abnormality, in each of the last 10 years; and for what purposes the money was given.
Answered on
21 November 2016
The Department has made a number of payments to Antenatal Results and Choices over a period spanning from 2009-10 to 2012-13. The Department’s financial systems only allow full financial year reporting of expenditure from 2009-10 onwards.
The payments made by financial year are as follows:
Financial Year | Payment | Purpose |
2009-10 | £145.25 | Reimbursement for meeting attendance |
2010-11 | £15,000.00 | Grant to improve Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) antenatal support |
2011-12 | £5,000.00 | Grant to improve BME antenatal support |
2012-13 | £14,000.00 | Grant to improve care following a first trimester pre-natal diagnosis |
2012-13 | £5,450.00 | Grant to improve care following a first trimester pre-natal diagnosis |
Total | £39,585.25 |