Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP surgeries in England have a vaccination rate for (a) Diptheria, (b) Tetanus and (c) Polio for babies under 8 months of age of (i) less than 90 per cent, (ii) 90-93 per cent, (iii) 94-95 per cent and (iv) greater than 96 per cent.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB vaccine protects against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, also known as whooping cough, polio, haemophilus influenzae type b, and hepatitis B. The number and percentage of general practices (GPs) in England with a vaccination rate of less than 90%, 90 to 93%, 94 to 95%, or more than 96% for diptheria, tetanus, and polio, for babies under eight months of age, is as follows:

• 1,830 GPs, or 29.2%, at less than 90%;
• 1,600 GPs, or 25.6%, at 90 to 93%;
• 1,102 GPs, or 17.6%, at 94 to 95%; and
• 1,727 GPs, or 27.6%, at 96% and above.

The above data is drawn from the latest published annual GP vaccine coverage data for April 2023 to March 2024 for the DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB vaccine, measured at 12 months of age. GPs that submitted zero data for this indicator and GPs with fewer than five patients, whose data was suppressed to protect patient identifiable information, were excluded from the above response. Further information regarding the coverage data is available in the tables attached.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's document entitled Volumetric concrete mixers: fact sheet March 2025, published on 18 March 2025, and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' guidance entitled Assessing environmental impact, updated on 1 November 2023, if she will make an environmental impact study of the potential impact of reducing the maximum weight limit of volumetric concrete mixers from 2028.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The 18 March publication is not a change to the policy on weights for volumetric concrete mixers. The ten-year temporary exemption will come to an end, as planned, in 2028. The Department assessed the potential environmental impacts when preparing the environmental principles policy statement assessment, to assist me with complying with my duty to have due regard to the environmental principles when making policy under section 19(1) of the Environment Act 2021.

Found: Florence Eshalomi (Chair); Chris Curtis; Mr Lee Dillon; Maya Ellis; Mr Will Forster; Naushabah Khan; Andrew Lewin