Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doses of the flu vaccine were administered in each of the last five years; and what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of the flu vaccine programme.

The information on the number of doses of the flu vaccine administered is not available in the format requested. However, the following table shows the extrapolated total number of adults and children aged six months old and over vaccinated with the flu vaccine between September and February in each of the last five years to winter 2020/21. Data for winter 2021/22 is not yet available and will be published on 30 June 2022.

Source: The UK Health Security Agency

Note:

*Data to end of January

An annual flu vaccination marketing awareness campaign encourages uptake amongst eligible cohorts. In 2021/22 the flu vaccine awareness campaign was combined with the COVID-19 booster vaccination campaign. Planning is underway for this year’s campaign.