Children: Vaccination
(asked on 8th September 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children and young people under 18 year old have received vaccines as part of routine vaccination programmes, including MMR in each of the last five years.
The following table shows the number of children who have received first dose of the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine by their second birthday.
Year | Number vaccinated with first dose of MMR |
2019/20 | 589,306 |
2018/19 | 604,933 |
2017/18 | 612,692 |
2016/17 | 608,554 |
2015/16 | 609,777 |
Source: Childhood Vaccination Coverage Statistics, England, 2015-16 to 2019-20
The following table shows the number of children who have received first dose and second dose of MMR by their fifth birthday.
| Number vaccinated with first dose of MMR | Number vaccinated with first and second dose of MMR |
2019/20 | 651,969 | 598,626 |
2018/19 | 656,822 | 600,906 |
2017/18 | 674,358 | 619,486 |
2016/17 | 671,484 | 618,820 |
2015/16 | 661,359 | 615,520 |
Source: Childhood Vaccination Coverage Statistics, England, 2015-16 to 2019-20
The following table shows the number of adolescents who have received the meningococcal ACWY (Men ACWY) and tetanus/diphtheria/polio (Td/IPV) vaccine over the past five eligible cohorts.
Birth cohort | Td/IPV | Men ACWY |
Born 1 Sep 2005 to 31 Aug 2006 | 364,228 | 368,123 |
Born 1 Sep 2004 to 31 Aug 2005 | 543,117 | 546,675 |
Born 1 Sep 2003 to 31 Aug 2004 | 529,895 | 533,689 |
Born 1 Sep 2002 to 31 Aug 2003 | 479,921 | 489,826 |
Born 1 Sep 2001 to 31 Aug 2002 | 433,307 | 444,507 |
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-leaver-booster-tdipv-vaccine-coverage-estimates