Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that covid-19 vaccination centres meet required health and safety standards.

Vaccination sites must administer the vaccine in line with the best Infection Prevention Control (IPC) procedures including social distancing, ventilation and wearing masks.

Large-scale centres are required to have an environmental risk assessment in place which is expected to cover requirements for ventilation in a pandemic when transmission and virus shedding is a significant concern.

The vaccination process, from the National Booking System to the structure and delivery in the vaccination sites, has been designed to ensure a steady throughput of people to avoid bottlenecks and overcrowding.