Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the priority for vaccination of people with learning difficulties.

On 24 February, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) published a clarification of their advice on vaccinating people with learning disabilities. They confirmed their advice that priority should be given to those with a severe and profound learning disability. The JCVI recognised concerns about coding of learning disability on general practitioner (GP) systems and supported a practical approach of inviting everyone who is on the GP Learning Disability Register for vaccination as part of cohort six.