Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the date on which the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation will publish advice on whether to extend the covid-19 booster vaccination programme beyond the groups that are eligible as of 2 November 2021.

We have made no such estimate. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) continues to review data as it emerges. The JCVI will consider further advice on booster vaccinations beyond the groups that are eligible as of 2 November 2021 and updated advice will be published in due course.