Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 10 June 2021 to Question 10529, what recent advice he has received from (a) the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) and (b) other experts on whether the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine should be offered to children aged 12 to 15 years who are (i) clinically extremely vulnerable and shielding, (ii) clinically extremely vulnerable and who meet two of the three current Green Book criteria of (A) severe neurodisabilities, (B) recurrent respiratory infections and (C) frequent stays in specialist residential settings and (iii) clinically extremely vulnerable; and when he plans to provide information to affected children and families.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is examining the evidence and the relative risks and benefits of vaccinating children and young people and will provide advice to the Government in due course.