Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government is taking steps to help ensure that foreign nationals in the UK on a visa who are over 80 can access covid-19 vaccinations.

If someone is living in the United Kingdom (UK), they will be entitled to the vaccine regardless of their immigration status. If they are registered with a general practitioner (GP), then they will be invited to receive the vaccine free of charge in line with the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation cohorts in order of priority. Most people already resident in the UK will be contacted by their GP to book their vaccine via an online or telephony system however if they are not registered with a GP, NHS Regional teams (working with various appropriate local systems) will reach out to unregistered people to ensure they are offered the vaccine.