Vaccination: Children
Commons · Question 23742 · Tabled 14 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Sir Julian Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to allow children who are (a) out of school and (b) in alternative provision to receive seasonal vaccinations that are otherwise provided on school premises.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 20 Jan 2025
The Government is committed to protecting those most at risk from vaccine preventable diseases through vaccination, as guided by the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. This includes the offer of a seasonal flu vaccine to children...