Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his oral response to the hon member for Christchurch on 2 March 2021, Official Report, col 140, whether the (a) MHRA or (b) Public Health England is responsible for publishing the number and proportion of adverse events; and when that information will be put in the public domain.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) holds the data for adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines.

We have published details of all suspected reactions reported in association with available COVID-19 vaccines, along with an assessment of the data on a regular basis, which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-adverse-reactions