LADS as young as 12 are to be given condom "credit cards" allowing them to pick up free contraception.
In a new Government scheme boys will be able to collect condoms at football grounds, barber's shops and scout huts to save them the embarrassment of visiting a sex clinic or pharmacy.
They will be able to purchase condoms by showing their plastic "credit card" issued to them after they have attended a safe-sex lesson.
The scheme is intended to cut teen pregnancies and make boys take more responsibility for contraception.
The "C-cards" are already used in some councils but will be made available to all boys in Britain aged 13 and over later in the year.
Councils will also be able to offer the cards to younger lads who may already be sexually active, and to try to implement safe-sex attitudes at an early age in those who are not.