Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle gonorrhoea in the UK.

Local authorities are mandated to provide confidential, open access sexual health services. These services include testing and treatment for gonorrhoea. It is recommended that all those attending services with needs relating to sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are tested for gonorrhoea, syphilis, human immunodeficiency virus, and chlamydia, even if asymptomatic.

UK Health Security Agency undertakes surveillance of testing and diagnoses of STIs at commissioned sexual health services, including online testing to monitor testing and diagnoses, and provide information on local and national trends in gonorrhoea.