Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress she has made with her international partners on ensuring a successful international covid-19 vaccination rollout in line with the capacity of national health systems.

The UK is committed to help bring the acute phase of the pandemic to an end and strongly supports the COVAX Facility as a key multilateral mechanism to deliver this. The UK is one of the largest donors to COVAX's Advance Market Commitment (AMC), committing £548 million to support global vaccination, and will donate 100 million vaccine doses by mid-2022. During the UK's G7 Presidency, Leaders committed to share and finance one billion doses, primarily through COVAX. We will build on these priorities with Germany and Indonesia as they take on the Presidencies of the G7 and G20 in 2022.

COVAX and its Alliance partners work closely with governments to ensure robust and transparent distribution and reporting plans are in place to ensure priority groups are reached. The UK is an active member of the Gavi Board, which has agreed a new global co-ordinator and steering committee to support the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. The UK and COVAX partners are also working with countries to help health systems deliver vaccines. This includes engaging with communities and leaders to build trust, provide correct information, and encourage uptake.