Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all individuals in the most vulnerable groups receive their covid-19 vaccination before the mid-February target deadline.

Almost 9 million people have now received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and nearly 500,000 have now received their second dose. By 15 of February, we aim to have offered a first vaccine dose to everyone in the top four priority groups identified by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).

In England, by the end of January, our capacity to vaccinate several hundred thousand a day and at least two million people per week will be achieved by establishing 206 active hospital hub sites, around 1,200 local vaccination service sites and 50 vaccination centres.