Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination
(asked on 1st March 2022) - View Source
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 extend the roll out of the HPV vaccine to those aged up to 16 years old.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 4th March 2022
Girls and women born after 1 September 1991 and boys born after 1 September 2006 are already eligible for the vaccine until the age of 25 years old and can access a ‘catch-up’ vaccination through their general practitioner.