Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 101877

Influenza: Vaccination

Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to allow frontline workers such as Teachers, Teaching Assistants and all school workers access to the Free Flu Vaccine Programme.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Eligibility for a free National Health Service flu vaccine is guided, each year, by advice and recommendations from the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The JCVI keeps all vaccination programmes under review.The aim of t...

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