Whooping Cough: Vaccination
Commons · Question 79112 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that all pregnant women are routinely offered the whooping cough vaccine between 20 and 32 weeks of pregnancy.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 20 Oct 2025
The Department is working with NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency to encourage high uptake of all immunisations, including in underserved communities and in groups with historically lower vaccination rates.Significant efforts have been made to ...