Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the covid-19 spring booster vaccine is available for vulnerable people.

In line with advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, the spring booster vaccination programme has been available since 21 March 2022 for those aged 75 years old and over, residents of care homes for older adults and those who are immunosuppressed. As of 22 June 2022, more than four million people in England have received a booster dose.

Vaccination appointments have been available through NHS.UK and 119. Doses have been administered in thousands of vaccination sites and locally, the National Health Service has offered vaccinations in care homes and mobile vaccination sites. NHS England issued approximately 250,000 reminders for those eligible for the spring vaccination programme before the end of June 2022.