Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the vaccination rates are for the MMR vaccine in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire, and (c) the North West.
Official childhood vaccine coverage estimates, including for the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, are published annually by the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and NHS England, and quarterly by UKHSA. Coverage of childhood vaccines are measured when children reach their first, second and fifth birthdays. Whilst the data for Preston alone is not available, the quarterly vaccine uptake data for Lancashire, which includes Preston, is available. The following table shows the number and percentage of children who received the first MMR vaccine at two and five years old, and the second MMR vaccine at five years old, in the second quarter of 2023/24:
MMR1 at 2 years | MMR1 at 5 years | MMR2 at 5 years | |||
2957 | 91.1% | 3204 | 95.3% | 2947 | 87.7% |
The following table shows the same information for the North West:
MMR1 at 2 years | MMR1 at 5 years | MMR2 at 5 years | |||
19199 | 89.4% | 21412 | 93.7% | 19472 | 85.2% |