Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what date he is planning for all care home staff in England to have been vaccinated; and how many of those staff have been vaccinated to date.

We offered the first dose of vaccine to everyone in the first four priority groups, including all staff in care homes for older adults by 15 February. Everyone will receive the second dose within 12 weeks of their first. The second dose completes the course and is important for longer term protection.

NHS England now publish weekly data on the vaccination of staff in older adult care homes, which is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-vaccinations/