Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82275

Coronavirus: Vaccination

Tabled: 15 October 2025

Answered: 24 October 2025

Question

Jon Trickett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reconsider the criteria for covid vaccination eligibility, in the context of levels of prevalence of new variants.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The Government’s policy on the groups eligible for vaccination programmes is based on the advice of the independent expert body, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).The aim of the COVID-19 vaccination programme is to prevent serious...

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