Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2021 to Question 15349 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the world's population that will be vaccinated once the 870 million doses have been shared by the G7.

The UK is proud that our G7 Presidency secured agreement from leaders to commit to share at least 870 million doses over the next year, which includes a commitment from the UK to share 100 million doses over the next year. This agreement represents a significant contribution by the G7 to our shared ambition to vaccinate the world by the end of 2022.

Progress on global vaccination rates will be dependent on a variety of factors in addition to these dose sharing commitments. These include: funding to COVAX and progress with its vaccine roll-out; working with manufacturers to increase supply; supporting in-country delivery systems; supporting community mobilisation and vaccine confidence and developing more sustainable approaches to financing vaccines and their delivery. We are working closely with international partners, including the G7, on efforts to address these bottlenecks to support the ambitions goals agreed by the G7.