Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the risk of covid-19 among people with a learning difficulty which is not severe and profound.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has made an assessment of the risks facing people with a learning disability, including those with a learning disability which is not severe or profound. This is set out in their letter of 23 February 2021 which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-the-health-and-social-care-secretary-on-covid-19-vaccination-in-people-with-learning-disabilities/letter-from-the-jcvi-to-the-health-and-social-care-secretary-23-february-2021