Government of Jersey

HPV immunisation programme (FOI)

Produced by the Bailiff's Chamber
Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 29 March 2022.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

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HPV Vaccine

The amount of HPV immunisations in children since it's been given out in schools in Jersey (differentiating in boys and girls).

The amount of people who were offered it at school but their parent/guardian declined the offer (differentiating in boys and girls).

The amount of people who were offered it at school but their parent/guardian declined the offer but have since been immunised privately. (differentiating in boys and girls)

The amount of people who have had the immunisation privately but weren't of school age when it was offered to them. (differentiating in boys and girls)

Response

The Programme to vaccinate all 12 to 13-year-old girls (school Year 8) against HPV started at the beginning of the 2008/2009 school year.

The HPV schedule for 12 to 13-year-old girls (school Year 8) changed from three to two doses in 2014/2015.

In 2019/2020 the HPV immunisation programme was extended with boys aged 12-13 years offered a free vaccine. There was no catch-up programme for boys aged over 13, as there was for girls on the introduction of the female HPV vaccination programme.

A and B

The HPV vaccination is offered to all those in Year 8 in secondary school. The table below shows the number of Year 8 children immunised with either a first, second or third dose. It also shows the number of children in each cohort, providing the number of children that the vaccine was offered to.

Statistics on immunisations in Jersey are published annually by Public Health Intelligence in the Immunisation report. Data for 2020/2021 will be published in September 2022.

Parents/Guardians receive information about the HPV vaccinations and a consent form to complete when vaccinations are due. Should they refuse to consent then the vaccine will not be given, and the records updated on the Child Health system. However In several instances, the forms may simply not be returned, rather than the parent/guardian actively declining the immunisation.

	First Dose			Second Dose			Third Dose			Cohort
School Year	All	Female	Male	All	Female	Male	All	Female	Male	All	Female	Male
2019/20	930	490	430	910	490	420				1050	550	500
2018/19	450	450		440	440					510	510
2017/18	440	440		440	440					490	490
2016/17	470	470		460	460					510	510
2015/16	450	450		450	450					500	500
2014/15	420	420		410	410					460	460
2013/14	460	460		450	450		440	440		500	500
2012/13	460	460		460	460		460	460		500	500
2011/12	470	470		460	460		450	450		500	500
2010/11	480	480		480	480		470	470		530	530
2009/10	430	430		420	420		410	410		490	490
2008/09	430	430		430	430		430	430		460	460

*Please note that the numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10 to make them simpler and easier to use

C and D

Data relating to the privately administered HPV immunisations is not available to Health and Community Services and therefore, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

Article Applied

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.