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 people with a phobia of needles will be made aware of when a version of a covid-19 vaccine which does not require needles is approved for use.

The Department will ensure that a comprehensive announcement is made if a COVID-19 vaccine that can be delivered without the use of a needle is approved.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency continues to monitor and engage with developers and producers of both currently approved and new COVID-19 vaccines and offers scientific advice on new technical developments. We are unable to comment on products that are not approved for use in the United Kingdom due to commercial and market sensitivities surrounding the approval processes.