Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to support local meningococcal immunisation services to deliver vaccination programmes during the covid-19 outbreak.

Catch-up programmes for immunisation services impacted by the pandemic, such as MenACWY, have been taking place through community venues and closed school estates. All providers continue to work with NHS England commissioners, with clinical advice from Public Health England (PHE), to deliver all missed school aged vaccinations.

NHS England and NHS Improvement are also working with PHE and regional commissioners to ensure routine childhood immunisations, including MenACWY, continue to be delivered in primary care settings. PHE has also worked with stakeholders to raise awareness of the need for vaccination in those entering higher education this autumn.