Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that NHS England patients who have previously lived in and received covid-19 vaccinations in the devolved nations can use the National Booking Service for booster vaccinations.

Data sharing agreements between England and devolved administrations allow COVID-19 vaccination records to be transferred and updated when required and subject to an individual’s consent. Once an vaccination record for patients within NHS England is updated to reflect COVID-19 vaccinations in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales, individuals can use the National Booking Service or 119 to arrange further doses in England. This is subject to the individual's eligibility for an additional dose or doses.

A service is available for individuals to correct their COVID-19 vaccination record where they have received COVID 19 vaccination outside of England and where data has not been transferred.