Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 191277

Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination

Tabled: 27 June 2023
Answered: 5 July 2023

Question

Dame Caroline Dinenage

ConservativeGosport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that HPV vaccination reaches 90 per cent uptake in (a) girls and (b) boys.

Answer

Ease of access is key to ensure high uptake of vaccines. For this reason, the HPV programme is primarily delivered through schools, with alternative provision for those not in mainstream education and catch-up programmes offered through general practition...

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