Written questions

Meningitis: Vaccination

Commons · Question 122905 · Tabled 23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 14 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his department has taken to roll-out the Men-B vaccination to vulnerable people.

Answer

Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 14 Apr 2026

The risk of infection to the wider population remains low. This is because transmission of meningitis B (MenB) requires close and prolonged contact to spread. Examples of this include living in the same household and intimate contact such as kissing or sh...