Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has reviewed the decision not to include immunocompetent people who were aged 65 to 69 before 1 September 2023 in the catch-up arrangements for the shingles vaccination programme; and whether he plans to extend eligibility to that cohort before they reach the age of 70.

The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.