Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 53272

Coronavirus: Vaccination

Tabled: 19 May 2025
Answered: 28 May 2025

Question

Shivani Raja

ConservativeLeicester East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of raising the minimum age for eligibility for the COVID-19 booster during the spring vaccination programme on healthcare servi

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises the Department on the approach to vaccination and immunisation programmes. The aim of the COVID-19 vaccination programme is to prevent serious disease, leading to hospitalisati...

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