Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the recommended time is between patients with compromised immune systems receiving a third dose of covid-19 vaccine and receiving a booster dose of that vaccine.

On 29 November, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation advised that severely immunosuppressed individuals who have completed their primary course of three doses should be offered a booster vaccination with a minimum of three months between the third primary and booster dose. Those who have not yet received their third dose may be given the third dose now to avoid further delay. A further booster dose can be given in three months, in line with the clinical advice on optimal timing. The Government has accepted this advice.