Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many surplus vaccine doses were shared with poorer countries in 2022; and if he will provide a breakdown of that provision by country.

As of April 2023, we have donated more than 85 million vaccines to over 40 countries in need and offered over 100 million.

The following less-developed countries have requested and received donated doses either bilaterally or via COVAX to date:

- Afghanistan;

- Angola;

- Bangladesh;

- Cambodia;

- Chad;

- the Democratic Republic of Congo;

- Djibouti;

- Ethiopia;

- Laos;

- Malawi;

- Myanmar;

- Nepal;

- Niger;

- Rwanda;

- Senegal;

- Somalia;

- Sudan;

- Tanzania;

- Uganda;

- Yemen; and

- Zambia.

The following countries also requested and received donations:

- Antiqua and Barbuda;

- Armenia;

- Belize;

- Cote D’Ivoire;

- Dominica;

- Egypt;

- Ghana;

- Grenada;

- Guyana;

- Indonesia;

- Jamaica;

- Kenya;

- Mauritius;

- Malaysia;

- Namibia;

- Nigeria;

- Pakistan;

- the Philippines;

- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines;

- St Lucia;

- Thailand;

- Ukraine; and

- Vietnam.

We are unable to provide a breakdown by year or country as this information is commercially sensitive.