Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2014 to Question 210389, which groups who previously accessed free inoculations now no longer do so.

Under the national seasonal flu vaccination programme, the following people continue to be offered the seasonal flu vaccination.

- those aged 65 years and over;

- those aged six months to under 65 in clinical risk groups;

- pregnant women;

- residents in long-stay care homes;

- carers; and

- health and social care workers.

We have not withdrawn the seasonal flu vaccination from any patient group who was previously offered the vaccination.

As outlined in my reply to the hon. Member I gave on 21 October 2014 to Question 210389 the Government has commenced a programme to extend the seasonal flu vaccination to children aged two to less than 17 years.