Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they will decide on the tender for the Respiratory Syncytial Virus immunisation for infants and young adults.

The Government has engaged the market on its requirements for products that would enable respiratory syncytial virus vaccination programmes to be implemented for infants and older adults, as advised by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. Final decisions on these programmes have not yet been taken. There are no plans for a respiratory syncytial virus vaccination programme for young adults.

The Invitation to Offer was published on 24 January 2024, and closed on 29 February. Bids received will now be evaluated based on cost-effectiveness. Following this, a full business case will be developed for the Government’s approval this spring.