Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doses of the AstraZenica covid-19 vaccine have been destroyed in the last three months.

Information on vaccine wastage prior to entering the NHS England and NHS Improvement’s supply chain is not yet available. Information on vaccine wastage within NHS England and NHS Improvement’s supply chain is not held centrally.

Mitigations have been put in place throughout the vaccination programme to reduce wastage. Stock levels have been closely monitored at regional, system and site level with deliveries adjusted accordingly. This includes keeping stock in the supply chain and encouraging sites to reallocate vaccines at a local level. Deliveries have been managed in line with site capacity, population density and available supply to ensure that vaccines can be used within a short timeframe.