Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the NHS refers to "women" when sending out invitations for cervical screening, as proposed by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in his speech on 5 October.

The invitation letter for a cervical screening appointment and the information available online states that ‘cervical screening is for women and people with a cervix’. This wording has been tested with users and there are a range of measures to ensure that as many of the population eligible for cervical screening as possible attend screening. This includes providing appointments in sexual health clinics and information and resources to reassure those worried about attending.