Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support the Government is providing to (a) vulnerable and (b) immunosuppressed people to protect themselves from covid-19 in winter 2022-23.

The autumn COVID-19 booster vaccination campaign aims to increase immunity in those at higher risk of severe infection during winter 2022/23. The booster dose is being offered to individuals aged 50 years old and over, residents and staff in care homes for older adults, frontline health and social care workers, unpaid carers, individuals aged five to 49 years old in clinical risk groups and household contacts of those who are immunosuppressed. Those who are at higher risk from COVID-19 due to their immune system continue to have priority access to therapeutic and antiviral treatments.