Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 114496
Screening and Vaccination: Age
Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 3 March 2026
Question
Oliver Ryan
Labour (Co-op) — Burnley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the age-related eligibility criteria for NHS screening and vaccination programmes, if he will make an assessment of (a) the evidential basis and decision-making process by which t
Answer
Stephen KinnockFor screening programmes, the Government is guided by the independent scientific advice of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC). It is only where the offer to screen provides more good than harm that a screening programme is recommended.The UK NSC...
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