Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 108189
Pupils: Vaccination
Tabled: 26 January 2026
Answered: 4 February 2026
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of vaccine uptake in schools.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) monitors uptake of childhood and adolescent vaccinations via the school-based programmes and publishes this in annual coverage reports. Uptake across the programmes has shown a decline since the COVID-19 pandemic, wit...
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