Measles: Children
Commons · Question 69243 · Tabled 21 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 5 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for trends in the number of reported cases of measles in children; and what advice his Department has provided to parents whose children contr
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 5 Sep 2025
Coverage for all routine childhood immunisations, including the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, has fallen in England over the last decade. National uptake of MMR1 in two-year-olds is currently 88.8%, and uptake of MMR1 and MMR2 in five-year-ol...