Written questions

Measles: Vaccination

Commons · Question 65865 · Tabled 8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Charlotte Nichols

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to increase the uptake of measles vaccines.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 16 Jul 2025

The Department is working alongside its partners to increase vaccine uptake across all childhood vaccination programmes, including the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) programme.In light of a surge in measles cases in the North West, the UK Health Securi...