Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 98701

Coronavirus: Vaccination

Tabled: 9 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026

Question

Manuela Perteghella

Liberal DemocratStratford-on-Avon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of restricting eligibility for free covid-19 vaccinations on (a) infection rates, (b) hospital admissions and (c) levels of mortality

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The primary aim of the national COVID-19 vaccination programme remains the prevention of serious illness, resulting in hospitalisations and deaths, arising from COVID-19.The JCVI is an independent expert committee which reviews the latest data on COVID-19...

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