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 Dalton
The 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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