Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the Cost-Effectiveness Methodology for Immunisation Programmes and Procurements working group's report into vaccine cost effectiveness has not been published.

The Cost Effectiveness Methodology for Immunisation Policy and Procurement (CEMIPP) report is technically complex with potential implications that could extend beyond immunisation. This report has been referred to the Appraisal Alignment Working Group (AAWG) for its analytical view.

It is important not to pre-empt AAWG’s considerations but to give them the time they need to consider the CEMIPP report, reflect on subsequent research, and to report back to ministers on the analytical elements of the report.

The AAWG is due to report back to ministers later in the year.