Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether informal carers are eligible to receive a flu vaccine in winter 2020-21.

The Annual Flu Letter 2020/21 Update letter published on 5 August sets out the eligibility criteria for the flu vaccination programme. The letter is available at the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/907149/Letter_annualflu_2020_to_2021_update.pdf

Under the flu vaccination programme individuals who are the main carer of an older or disabled person whose welfare may be at risk if the carer falls ill are eligible to receive flu vaccination.