Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness and education on HPV and HPV-related cancers among children and teenagers.

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) works closely with several charities such as Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust and the Teenage Cancer Trust to develop lesson plans for schools and other resources that can be used to raise awareness and educate young people about the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and related cancers.

UKHSA has also helped develop resources for schools on the HPV vaccination and other adolescent immunisation programmes available at the following links:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adolescent-vaccination-programme-in-secondary-schools/adolescent-vaccination-programme-briefing-for-secondary-schools

https://www.jostrust.org.uk/information-healthcare-professionals/information-teachers;

https://www.teenagecancertrust.org/about-us/what-we-do/cancer-awareness/resources#cervicalcancer

https://pshe-association.org.uk/resource/educate-hpv-vaccine

UKHSA HPV resources are available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hpv-vaccination-programme

Also available to order in print on the UKHSA Health Publications website in a range of language and accessible formats available at the following link:

www.healthpublications.gov.uk