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 misinformation on the safety of the HPV vaccine.

Public Health England (PHE) has worked closely with both mainstream and social media to provide positive messages on the human papillomavirus (HPV) and other vaccinations for target groups to tackle misinformation on the safety of the HPV vaccine.

In addition, PHE has developed a range of materials targeted at teenagers and their parents to provide information about HPV vaccination programme to help them make an informed choice. Local immunisation providers should share this information and signpost teenagers and their parents to these materials when the offer of HPV vaccination is underway in schools. These materials can be viewed at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immunisation#human-papillomavirus-(hpv)-for-girls

PHE also provides information and training materials for health professionals to ensure they can adequately respond to queries or concerns. These training materials can be viewed at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/human-papillomavirus-hpv-the-green-book-chapter-18a