Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 vaccination programme on covid-19 infection rates for NHS staff.

The SIREN study will assess the effect of the COVID-19 vaccination programme on infection rates for National Health Service staff in its study of health care workers. Analysis is currently in progress, but data from early February will be required for a more robust assessment and this will be published in due course.

Data is also currently being assessed from pillar 1 and 2 testing data in those identified as likely to be health care workers.