Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the level of childhood immunisation services provided by local authorities in England.
Local authorities do not have responsibility for the commissioning or operational delivery of childhood immunisation services. However, Directors of Public Health in local authorities have responsibility for the health and well-being of their populations and work closely with regional NHS England colleagues to ensure that immunisation services are of high quality and delivered effectively. Services are reviewed regularly by Directors of Public Health and Health and Well-being Boards with the UK Health Security Agency’s national immunisation team.