Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of the BCG vaccine; what plans he has to secure supplies of that vaccine after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.

There have been periods of intermittent supply of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine in recent years. Supply of a non-United Kingdom licensed BCG vaccine to the National Health Service is currently stable. Public Health England continues to work with the contracted supplier to reinstate a UK licensed BCG vaccine during 2018. The renewal of contracts to secure supplies for the UK national programme is in progress and will secure vaccine up to 2022.

The Government is committed to ensuring leaving the European Union is a success for the health and social care sector as well as the UK as a whole.