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date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	MMR Vaccine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they plan to reverse the declining uptake in MMR vaccines, particularly in London, in order to retain the UK’s elimination status for measles and rubella.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL13528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>In January 2019 Public Health England, Public Health Wales, The Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland and Health Protection Scotland published the UK Measles and Rubella elimination strategy 2019. A copy is attached.</p><p>The strategy sets out four core components required to maintain elimination of measles and rubella: achieving and sustaining very high coverage (more than or equal to 95%) with two doses of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) through the routine childhood immunisation programme; providing opportunities for MMR catch-up to all susceptible population groups over five years old; strengthening surveillance systems by rigorous case investigation and laboratory confirmation of suspected sporadic cases and outbreaks; and improving the availability and use of high-quality, evidence-based information for health professionals and the public on measles and MMR.</p><p>A multi-agency group has been established to take forward the actions in the strategy in England. Local teams including those in London are expected to work with local stakeholders to develop a measles and rubella elimination action plan.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 18/02/2019 14:16:16 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name UK_measles_and_rubella_elimination_strategy.pdf title HL13528 attached information
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1176203

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date	04/02/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	MMR Vaccine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of children aged five who have not had both doses of the MMR vaccination.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England reports childhood vaccination coverage statistics for England. In 2018/19 there were 94,342 children aged five years who did not have a record of receiving both doses of the Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR) vaccine. Of these, 55,916 children had received dose one of MMR and 38,426 had no record of receiving MMR.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 12/02/2020 17:41:01 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1179919

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	MMR Vaccine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to improve MMR vaccination rates.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL1768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2020 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement, Public Health England and key stakeholders are implementing actions from the <em>Measles and rubella UK elimination strategy 2019</em>, to increase take-up of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. This includes:</p><p>- Implementing a catch-up vaccination programme for 10 and 11-year olds through general practices, to continue into 2020/21;</p><p>- Notifications from Child Health Information Services to help general practices identify children with due and overdue vaccinations; and</p><p>- Initiatives led by local teams to address inequalities in vaccine uptake, such as a targeted MMR catch-up campaign with 16 universities in October 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 06/03/2020 14:12:12 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1418942

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	MMR Vaccine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the uptake of the MMR vaccine.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL5861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p>On 1 February 2022 a new national marketing campaign was launched with the aim of increasing awareness and driving uptake of both doses of the MMR vaccine in children under the age of five years old.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are implementing an MMR campaign from March 2022 to increase coverage of the MMR vaccine in the routine childhood programme. This will include a central call and recall for children aged between one and six years old who have been identified as not being up to date for their MMR vaccine for their age.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 16/02/2022 17:22:13 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick