Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date negotiations on the price of the new meningitis B vaccine began; and whether an end date has been set for those negotiations.
Negotiations between the Department and the manufacturer for the supply of the meningococcal B vaccine, Bexsero® began on 27 August 2014. The most recent meeting took place on 8 December 2014 and negotiations are continuing.