Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Felicity Buchan and Duncan Baker

Wednesday 7th July 2021 Commons Chamber

[Felicity Buchan (Kensington) (Con)]

What steps the Government are taking to encourage covid-19 vaccine take-up among ethnic minority communities.

[Duncan Baker (North Norfolk) (Con)]

What recent steps the Government have taken to increase covid-19 vaccine uptake among ethnic minority communities.

[The Minister for Equalities (Kemi Badenoch)]

My third quarterly report to the Prime Minister on covid disparities summarises the unprecedented measures taken to promote vaccine uptake among ethnic minorities. This work includes establishing vaccination centres at around 50 different religious venues, with many more acting as pop-up sites, and, more recently, an NHS partnership with the Caribbean & African Health Network, which co-produced a toolkit to increase vaccine confidence and uptake. Thanks to such initiatives we saw an increase in both positive vaccine sentiment and vaccine uptake across all ethnic groups over the last quarter.