Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 9 October 2020 to Questions 91703 and 91704 on Influenza: Vaccination, how many additional trained workforce personnel are being made available to local providers (a) across England and (b) by provider.

36,390 additional trained workforce personnel are being made available to local providers across England, through regional commissioners. The additional workforce is available through the National Health Service ‘bring back scheme’ with around 34,000 health professionals available nationally; general practitioner returners with 1,490 available nationally; and foundation dentists, with 900 available nationally. These individuals are not made available on a provider by provider basis so data by provider is not available.