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1284839

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to assess the implications for his policy on the first phase of priority groups in the covid-19 vaccination programme of regional health disparities.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	150806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring equal access to the vaccine and that no one eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in the first phase is left behind. It is clear, however, from both attitudinal surveys and data on uptake, that there is variation in levels of uptake across different geographies and communities.</p><p>On 13 February 2021, the Government Published the UK’s Vaccine Uptake Plan which recognises that some communities have long-standing barriers to engagement with services including for vaccination. The plan acknowledges the need to take a local, community-led approach, with support provided from government, NHS England and NHS Improvement and local authorities to coordinate and enable action. The plan is underpinned at national, regional and local level by four key enablers; working in partnership, removing barriers, data and information and conversations and engagement. Nationally, a Vaccination Equalities Committee has been established, which brings together government departments with representatives from the Association of Directors of Public Health, local authorities, Fire and Police services and third sector organisations, to advise and guide the vaccine deployment programme on addressing inequalities.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/04/2021 12:42:56 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 82407 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1284694

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to counter misinformation about covid-19 vaccines to ensure that all communities have access to accurate information.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	150791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with Public Health England and NHS England and NHS Improvement to provide authoritative information to the public to make an informed choice about getting vaccinated. We are also working with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to help social media platforms identify and take action against incorrect claims about the virus in line with their terms and conditions. This includes anti-vaccination narratives that could endanger people’s health.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/03/2021 12:11:50 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1284773

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the (a) scientific evidence and (b) his rationale for his Department's policy to extend the gap between covid-19 vaccine doses to 12 weeks.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	uin	150943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2021 answer text <p>Estimates of efficacy of the first dose of COVID-19 vaccines and the rationale for the advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is available in the statement published on 31 December which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prioritising-the-first-covid-19-vaccine-dose-jcvi-statement/optimising-the-covid-19-vaccination-programme-for-maximum-short-term-impact" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prioritising-the-first-covid-19-vaccine-dose-jcvi-statement/optimising-the-covid-19-vaccination-programme-for-maximum-short-term-impact</a></p><p>Further supporting data has since been published on the AstraZeneca vaccine, which indicate high vaccine efficacy from the first dose of vaccine and better immune responses from the second dose with an extended schedule of up to 12 weeks. Data indicates protection from the first dose is maintained over a twelve-week period. This information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3777268" target="_blank">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3777268</a></p><p>The United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers wrote to the medical profession regarding the COVID-19 vaccination programmes, stating that setting out a model where vaccinating twice the number of people in the next two to three months provides greater public health protection. The letter is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-to-the-profession-from-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-on-the-uk-covid-19-vaccination-programmes/letter-to-the-profession-from-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-regarding-the-uk-covid-19-vaccination-programmes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-to-the-profession-from-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-on-the-uk-covid-19-vaccination-programmes/letter-to-the-profession-from-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-regarding-the-uk-covid-19-vaccination-programmes</a></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/02/2021 17:10:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1284777

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Screening and Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including shop workers providing essential services in the priority group for covid-19 vaccination and testing.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	uin	150945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2021 answer text <p>Shop workers providing essential services will be offered their vaccinations alongside other adults of the same age, or earlier if they have underlying health conditions that make them particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. They are not currently being prioritised because of their occupation alone, as age is assessed to be the strongest factor linked to mortality, morbidity and hospitalisations, and because the speed of delivery is crucial as we provide more people with protection from COVID-19.</p><p>For the first phase, the Government decided, based on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advice, that the vaccine first be given to 9 identified priority groups. The two highest priority groups were care home residents and staff followed by frontline health and social care workers and everyone aged over 80. Frontline health and social care workers are prioritised in the first phase because they are at high risk of acquiring COVID-19 infection but also of transmitting that infection to multiple persons who are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 as well as to other staff in a healthcare environment. The remaining 7 priority groups in the first phase include all those identified at either higher clinical risk or clinically extremely vulnerable, unpaid carers, and anyone not included in those groups but aged 50 or above. Everyone aged over 50 is included even where the individual has no other risk factors because serious outcomes from COVID-19 are strongly age related.</p><p>For Phase 2 of the COVID 19 vaccination programme, the JCVI published its interim advice on 26 February setting out that the most effective way to minimise hospitalisations and deaths is to continue to prioritise people by age, rather than by occupation. This advice can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-issues-interim-advice-on-phase-2-of-covid-19-vaccination-programme-rollout" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-issues-interim-advice-on-phase-2-of-covid-19-vaccination-programme-rollout</a></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/04/2021 08:34:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1284942

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the implications for safety of NHS trusts waiting (a) 12 and (b) three weeks to give the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine to frontline staff who are caring for covid-19 patients.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	150783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2021 answer text <p>There is insufficient data to undertake a formal comparative assessment of the implications for safety of different dose intervals with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/02/2021 17:34:50 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 82341 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1284741

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what system is used to record who has had a covid-19 vaccine; and whether local primary care networks have full access to that system.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	150797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>Local vaccination services are recording vaccinations using the Outcomes4Health system, provided by Pinnacle. Vaccination records are then shared with the National Immunisation Management Service (NIMS), the national register for COVID-19 vaccinations. Primary Care Networks have full access to NIMS. Notifications are then also shared with the general practices patients are registered with.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/03/2021 14:35:38 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 82406 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1284896

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2021
	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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of care home (a) residents and (b) staff have (i) been offered each vaccine dose and (ii) refused the vaccine.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	150718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>We are working with the vaccination programme in NHS England to monitor progress. NHS England now publishes weekly data on the vaccination of residents and staff in older adult care homes, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-vaccinations/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-vaccinations/</a></p><p>Data on vaccine refusals is not collected.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 24/02/2021 16:10:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 82401 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1284903

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2021
	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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the figures published by the Office for National Statistics that showed the number of care home residents who died from covid-19 increased to 1705 in the week ending 22 January 2021, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of those people who had received a covid-19 vaccination.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	150719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>This information is not currently available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/04/2021 09:56:56 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 82325 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1284906

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of which vaccine had been administered to people who have died from covid-19 after receiving a vaccine.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	150720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>Episodes of possible vaccine failure, which includes those who have been vaccinated and subsequently die from COVID-19, are being recorded for each vaccine. Such episodes are being assessed and followed up through enhanced surveillance approaches. More information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/04/2021 15:41:55 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 82402 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1284840

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to NHS staff on responding to patients who request a specific covid-19 vaccine.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	150807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department has not issued specific guidance. NHS England and NHS Improvement have issued guidance to staff outlining relevant exemptions and contra-indications which might dictate the type of vaccine an individual should receive. Where there is doubt, rather than withholding vaccination, appropriate advice should be sought from the relevant specialist, or from the local immunisation or health protection team.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/04/2021 10:56:35 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 82408 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis