Members of the House of Commons’ Women and Equalities Committee raised concerns about a lack of progress last year in their report into the prevalence of STIs in young people and other high-risk groups.
But despite the NHS putting in place a target of vaccinating nine in ten children by 2030, MPs found many areas are still struggling to increase uptake in schools.
Figures, released since its report was published in March last year, show that for 2023/24 less than three in four girls and under seven in ten boys had received the vaccine.
This remains “far short” of the NHS target, warn MPs.
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