Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards achieving the commitment to develop a community pharmacy offer for HPV catch-up vaccination from 2026, as set out in the 10 Year Health Plan; and when it expects to issue further guidance to Integrated Care Boards on this.

The Government is committed to improving vaccine uptake and access across all immunisation programmes by exploring new and innovative delivery models, including expanding routes such as community pharmacies, as set out in the NHS Vaccination Strategy and the 10-Year Health Plan for England.

The Department is working with the UK Health Security Agency and NHS England to develop options for delivering human papilloma virus catch-up vaccination through community pharmacies, with the ambition to increase uptake among younger adults who have left school, supporting our aim to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040. Further guidance on roll-out plans will be published in due course.