Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 27 May 2021 to Question 6407 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, what recent assessment his Department have made of the capacity of existing global vaccine manufacturing that is not being used to produce covid-19 vaccines.

We are working with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the COVAX Supply Chain, Manufacturing Taskforce, and other partners to expand access to quality and affordable vaccine supplies, including assessing existing manufacturing capacity to meet COVID-19 needs while also sustaining supplies for routine immunisation.