Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to encourage the uptake of covid-19 (a) booster vaccinations and (b) future vaccinations.

The Department, the National Health Service and the UK Health Security Agency continue to provide advice and information to the public to increase uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations. Information materials have been translated into 28 languages and NHS England is working with employers and other groups to promote vaccination. This includes organising clinically- led question and answer sessions with groups with higher levels of vaccine hesitancy. Targeted approaches are being implemented, such as working with leading Muslim doctors and the British Islamic Medical Association to encourage eligible individuals from the Muslim community to receive their vaccinations during Ramadan via the spring vaccination programme.

As of 13 April 2022, over 92% of the United Kingdom population aged 12 years old and over have received at least one dose of the vaccine, over 86% have received two doses and over 67% have received a booster or third dose. Between 21 March and 13 April, more than 1.6 million doses have been administered in England.