Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a regulatory impact assessment of the costs, benefits and alternatives of requiring staff in (a) care homes and (b) hospitals to be vaccinated against covid-19 as a condition of employment; and if he will make a statement.

We intend to publish an impact assessment on the vaccination of staff in care homes as soon as possible. We will also consult further in relation to healthcare settings, such as hospitals. This consultation would seek views on the impacts in these settings in order to inform an impact assessment.