Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that schools are providing adequate information to (a) students and (b) parents on the (i) merits and (ii) associated risks of measles vaccinations.

The UK Health Security Agency provides a range of publications in various languages and formats to provide information about the national immunisation programme including the measles, mumps and rubella vaccination programme, for students and parents, which are available at the following link:

https://www.healthpublications.gov.uk/Home.html

These publications and those on the National Health Service website allow students and parents to understand the merits and associated risks of the measles vaccination to allow for informed consent. More information is available at the following links:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/measles/

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/mmr-vaccine/

NHS England regional teams are working closely with wider system partners within the local health economy to increase the uptake of all NHS routine and seasonal vaccinations, including those delivered in schools.