Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take immediate steps to ensure access to early Monkeypox vaccination in Darlington constituency.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) established the monkeypox vaccine strategy in July, endorsed by Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. Two doses are being offered to a defined high-risk cohort in England. We have procured over 150,000 vaccine doses, which when delivered through fractional dosing, will provide sufficient stock to deliver the current vaccination strategy in full.

The National Health Service is responsible for implementing the vaccination programme regionally, with 2,654 doses administered in the Northeast and Yorkshire region as of 2 November.