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 provide (a) vaccines against monkeypox and (b) accurate public information on monkeypox.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has procured over 150,000 doses of the vaccines used for monkeypox. To maximise the number of people that can be vaccinated, more clinics are now offering the vaccine using safe and clinically approved intradermal administration.

The UKHSA has delivered targeted, online communications to raise awareness of the symptoms, transmission routes and actions people with suspected monkeypox should take. Supported by NHS England, the UKHSA convenes a weekly monkeypox communications external partners forum. The forum has a membership of over 30 national, regional and local lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and sexual health organisations.