Meningitis: Vaccination
Commons · Question 10228 · Tabled 16 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Daisy Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding eligibility for the MenB vaccination programme to students aged 26 and older.
Answer
Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 24 Jun 2026
On 12 June 2026, we announced a one-off, time-limited meningococcal group B (MenB) immunisation programme to protect those at highest immediate risk of MenB disease this autumn.People currently in the Year 13 age group in England and Wales, those born fro...