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date	14/12/2020
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	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 assessment he has made of access to covid-19 vaccines for (a) people with learning disabilities and (b) autistic people, with particular reference to people living in in-patient settings.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	129068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the independent body of clinical experts, advise the Government on which vaccine/s the United Kingdom should use and provide advice on prioritisation including for the COVID-19 vaccine.</p><p>The vaccine is initially being rolled out to priority groups considered to be the most at risk and frontline health and social care workers, then to the rest of the population in order of age and risk, including those who are clinically extremely vulnerable and all individuals aged 16-64 years old with underlying health conditions. The JCVI’s advice is published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/940396/Priority_groups_for_coronavirus__COVID-19__vaccination_-_advice_from_the_JCVI__2_December_2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/940396/Priority_groups_for_coronavirus__COVID-19__vaccination_-_advice_from_the_JCVI__2_December_2020.pdf</a></p><p>People with a learning disability who are clinically extremely vulnerable, including adults with Down's syndrome, and people with a severe and profound learning disability are prioritised to receive the vaccine; and are within fourth and sixth vaccine prioritisation groups respectively. This applies to all care settings, and many younger adults in residential care settings will be eligible for a prioritised vaccine because they fall into one of the clinical risk groups, for example learning disabilities. Given the high risk of exposure in these settings, where a high proportion of the population would be considered eligible, prioritised vaccination of the whole resident population is recommended.</p><p>Throughout the pandemic officials from the Department have joined regular fortnightly meetings with learning disability and autism stakeholders to discuss the response to the pandemic and its impacts on people with a learning disability and autism.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 129069 question first answered 22/12/2020 11:57:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 70173 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1270889

registered interest
date	14/12/2020
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	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 discussions his Department is having with officials and campaign groups on the prioritisation of people with learning disabilities and autistic people, including those living in in-patient settings, for covid-19 vaccines.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	129069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the independent body of clinical experts, advise the Government on which vaccine/s the United Kingdom should use and provide advice on prioritisation including for the COVID-19 vaccine.</p><p>The vaccine is initially being rolled out to priority groups considered to be the most at risk and frontline health and social care workers, then to the rest of the population in order of age and risk, including those who are clinically extremely vulnerable and all individuals aged 16-64 years old with underlying health conditions. The JCVI’s advice is published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/940396/Priority_groups_for_coronavirus__COVID-19__vaccination_-_advice_from_the_JCVI__2_December_2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/940396/Priority_groups_for_coronavirus__COVID-19__vaccination_-_advice_from_the_JCVI__2_December_2020.pdf</a></p><p>People with a learning disability who are clinically extremely vulnerable, including adults with Down's syndrome, and people with a severe and profound learning disability are prioritised to receive the vaccine; and are within fourth and sixth vaccine prioritisation groups respectively. This applies to all care settings, and many younger adults in residential care settings will be eligible for a prioritised vaccine because they fall into one of the clinical risk groups, for example learning disabilities. Given the high risk of exposure in these settings, where a high proportion of the population would be considered eligible, prioritised vaccination of the whole resident population is recommended.</p><p>Throughout the pandemic officials from the Department have joined regular fortnightly meetings with learning disability and autism stakeholders to discuss the response to the pandemic and its impacts on people with a learning disability and autism.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 129068 question first answered 22/12/2020 11:57:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 70174 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1252694

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
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	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 prepare for the roll out of a potential covid-19 vaccine among (a) social care workers, (b) residents of care homes and (c) people in receipt of in home care; and if he will publish the outcomes of discussions he is having with (i) the care sector, (ii) the NHS and (iii) local authorities on access to covid-19 vaccines for care providers.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	116585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) consists of independent experts who advise the Government on which vaccine(s) the United Kingdom should use and provide advice on prioritisation at a population level. The JCVI has advised that the first priorities for any COVID-19 vaccination programme should be the prevention of COVID-19 mortality and the protection of health and social care staff and systems.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, in line with the recommendations of the JCVI, the vaccine will be initially rolled out to these priority groups, including care home residents and staff, people over 80 years old, and health and care workers. The vaccine will then be prioritised amongst the rest of the population in order of age and risk, including those who are clinically extremely vulnerable and all individuals aged 16-64 years old with underlying health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>We have engaged regularly with the care sector, the National Health Service, and local authorities in planning for and rolling out the vaccine.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/12/2020 12:00:40 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 63531 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes