Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 28245

Children: Vaccination

Tabled: 3 February 2025
Answered: 11 February 2025

Question

Luke Taylor

Liberal DemocratSutton and Cheam

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the global immunisation of children living in poverty.

Answer

Anneliese Dodds
The UK is one of the largest donors to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. We have supported Gavi to immunise 300 million children and save up to 8 million lives from vaccine-preventable diseases. Since 2000, Gavi has vaccinated more than 1 billion children, savi...

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