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	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Measles: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the immunisation rate is for measles; and what steps the Government is taking to improve measles immunisation coverage.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	8870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Protection against measles is provided in the combination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR).</p><p>The latest <del class="ministerial">England</del> vaccine coverage figures <ins class="ministerial">for the United Kingdom</ins> (January to March 2017) show that uptake of one dose of MMR vaccine at two years was 91.7% and at five years was 95.4%, exceeding the World Health Organisation’s elimination target. Uptake of two MMR doses at five years was 88.1%.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2016, a measles and rubella elimination strategy group was established to oversee the development of a United Kingdom-wide Measles and Rubella elimination strategy. This strategy will focus on sustaining very high coverage of MMR in children below five years of age and on providing opportunities for MMR catch-up to older population groups at risk for measles and/or rubella. Public Health England (PHE) continues to work with others to supply information for health professionals and the public on the benefits and risks associated with MMR.</p><p> </p><p>PHE and NHS England work closely with providers at a local level to target specific communities where uptake of the MMR vaccine is known to be poor.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/09/2017 15:11:29 question first ministerially corrected 15/09/2017 14:52:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 11365 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

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	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Children: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department is monitoring the effect of the measures in the Summer Budget 2015 on child poverty; and what steps he plans to take to address any such increase.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	8870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This Government has carefully considered all measures introduced in the Summer Budget.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to reducing child poverty, and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to get on in life.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this we are introducing new life chances measures to drive action on addressing the root causes of disadvantage.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 11/09/2015 13:15:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes