Vaccination: Children

(asked on 22nd May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which local authority areas met the WHO recommended 95 per cent uptake target for childhood immunisation programmes in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e)2014-15, (f) 2015-16 and (g) 2016-17.


Answered by
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Steve Brine
This question was answered on 4th June 2018

Data on which local authorities met the World Health Organization target of 95% uptake for childhood immunisations are not collected in the format requested for years 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13.

The percentage of children immunised by their first, second and fifth birthday by local authority in 2013-14 is available in the NHS Immunisation Statistics, England 2013-14 here:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-immunisation-statistics/nhs-immunisation-statistics-england-2013-14

The percentage of children immunised by their first, second and fifth birthday by local authority in 2014-15, is available in the NHS Immunisation Statistics, England 2014-15 here:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-immunisation-statistics/nhs-immunisation-statistics-england-2014-15

The percentage of children immunised by their first, second and fifth birthday by local authority in 2015-16, is available in the:

NHS Immunisation Statistics, England - 2015-16 here:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-immunisation-statistics/nhs-immunisation-statistics-england-2015-16

The percentage of children immunised by their first, second and fifth birthday by local authority in 2016-17, is available in the Childhood Vaccination Coverage Statistics 2016-17:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/childhood-vaccination-coverage-statistics/childhood-vaccination-coverage-statistics-england-2016-17

Notes:

The data is based upon 149 local authorities, as Rutland is included in Leicestershire, City of London in Hackney and the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall.

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