Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to procure further quantities of the monkeypox vaccine in addition to the 100,000 acquired.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has secured one of the highest number of doses in the world to manage the current outbreak, procuring 150,000 doses for the UK from the global manufacturer of smallpox vaccines. The initial delivery of around 50,000 doses – the maximum amount immediately available – has been rolled out at pace to provide as much protection to as many eligible people as possible.

Since 1 May 2022 over 46,000 doses of the vaccine have been made available to the NHS in England. The UKHSA is monitoring demand and remains in discussions with the manufacturer to ensure the United Kingdom can procure further doses as required.