To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage by cohort
of (a) children aged 2 and 3 years on 31 August 2022, (b) school-aged children including
all primary school aged children and eligible secondary school aged children, (c)
people aged 6 months to under 50 years in clinical risk groups, (d) pregnant women,
(e) people aged 50 to 64, (f) people aged 65 to 74, (g) people aged 75 and over, (h)
people staying in long-stay residential care homes, (i) people who are carers, (j)
people in receipt of carer’s allowance, (k) the main carer of an older or disabled
person, (m) people who are in close contact with immunocompromised individuals and
(n) frontline health and social care workers who had taken up the offer of a free
seasonal flu vaccination by (A) 30 November 2022 and (B) 31 December 2022.
<p>The information requested is not held centrally. However, the United Kingdom Health
Security Agency (UKHSA) publish seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in general practitioner
patients. The following table shows the provisional monthly data for 1 September 2022
to 30 November 2022 for various cohorts and seasonal influenza vaccine uptake provisional
data for all school aged primary school children in England given from the 1 September
2022 to the 30 November 2022.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Cohort</p></td><td><p>Uptake
30 November 2022 (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>65 years old and over</p></td><td><p>76.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6
months old to under 65 years old at-risk</p></td><td><p>42.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pregnant
women</p></td><td><p>30.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50 years old to under 65 years old
and not in a clinical risk group</p></td><td><p>35.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50 years
old to 65 years old and in a clinical risk group</p></td><td><p>56.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All
2 year olds (combined)</p></td><td><p>34.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All 3 year olds
(combined)</p></td><td><p>36.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reception (age 4 years old
to 5 years old)</p></td><td><p>47.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 1 (age 5 years old
to 6 years old)</p></td><td><p>48.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 2 (age 6 years old
to 7 years old)</p></td><td><p>49.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 3 (age 7 years old
to 8 years old)</p></td><td><p>48.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 4 (age 8-9 years
old)</p></td><td><p>48.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 5 (age 9-10 years old)</p></td><td><p>47.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year
6 (age 10-11 years old)</p></td><td><p>46.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All primary school
age (age 4 years old to 11 years old)</p></td><td><p>48.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source:
Seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in GP patients: monthly data, 2022 to 2023 and Seasonal
influenza vaccine uptake in children of school age: monthly data, 2022 to 2023, UKHSA</p><p>Data
for December 2022 will be published at the end of January 2023 and data for secondary
school aged children will be published on 26 January 2023.</p><p>UKHSA has published
provisional data for Seasonal influenza uptake amongst frontline healthcare workers
(HCWs) in England 2022 to 2023 for the period 1 September 2022 to 30 November 2022,
it is 41.8%. The data for December 2022 will be published at the end of January 2023.</p><p>As
of the week, ending 18 December 2022, the proportions who had received their flu vaccination
for the 2022 to 2023 season were, 70.1% of total residents and 13.8% of total staff
of older adult care homes:</p><p>Vaccine uptake for carers will be published in the
2022 to 2023 annual report</p>
