Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets he has set for providing influenza jabs for (a) medical and health care workers and (b) social care workers this winter; and what progress has been made against such targets to date.

The Flu Plan: Winter 2014-15 sets out an ambition to reach a minimum of 75% uptake of the flu vaccine for health and social care workers, including medical staff. A copy of the Flu Plan is attached.

Data on uptake rates for frontline healthcare workers, including some social care staff, are collected by Public Health England on a monthly basis. The first data for this current season, covering the period 1 September-31 October 2014, will be published on 20 November. Data are not collected separately on vaccine uptake levels for social care workers.