Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason otherwise eligible people who received two vaccinations with an MHRA-approved vaccine in third countries are considered ineligible for a NHS vaccine booster, and what steps he is taking to enable people in this group to maintain their protection against covid-19 whilst in the UK.
If an individual has received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in a third country, they will be eligible to receive a booster vaccination, provided they meet the eligibility criteria of the rest of the population. On 29 November, following advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, it was announced that all eligible adults aged 18 years old and over will be offered a booster vaccine by the end of January 2022.