Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he (a) has issued and (b) plans to issue on how children aged 12 to 17 years old are able to verify their covid-19 vaccination status when travelling overseas.

The NHS COVID Pass is currently available to people aged 16 years old and over and can be used to demonstrate vaccination and recovery from COVID-19. Guidance on accessing a NHS COVID Pass is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-covid-pass#who-can-get-an-nhs-covid-pass-in-england.

We are looking at ways to provide fully vaccinated 12 to 15 year olds with a travel NHS COVID Pass and further guidance will be made available in due course. This will be available shortly initially via a NHS COVID Pass travel letter. Further information will be made available in due course. While a few countries require full vaccination for under 16 year olds, most consider under 16 year olds as fully vaccinated, other countries accept testing and a small number accept recovery as equivalent to full vaccination.