Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department plans to publish an action plan for supporting child health and survival, including its funding strategy for routine vaccination programmes for children.

The UK published our approach paper on Ending the Preventable Deaths of Mothers, Babies and children and Health Systems Strengthening Position Paper in December 2021. Together these lay out the UK's approach to improving maternal and child health through the four pillars of strengthening health systems, improving inequality, tackling the wider determinants of health, and research and innovation.

The UK's commitment to improving the reach and equity of routine childhood vaccination cuts across these pillars and is reaffirmed in these papers. The UK's contribution to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is supporting them to vaccinate 300 million children, saving 7-8 million lives through 2021-25.