Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many housebound patients that require covid-19 vaccinations at home there are in each Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area; and how many of those patients have received the covid-19 booster vaccination as of 14 December 2021, by CCG.

The data requested is not held centrally. Identifying and vaccinating those who are housebound is managed at a local level as it requires access to more detailed patient information.

On 12 December 2021, the Prime Minister announced all eligible adults will now be offered a booster jab before the end of the year. To deliver this offer of boosters to all adults by the end of the year, General Practitioners teams are being asked to prioritise their services to free up capacity to support the COVID-19 vaccination programme, including for housebound patients, alongside delivering critical appointments such as cancer, urgent and emergency care.

For those completely housebound and unable to leave their homes, Primary Care Networks have established mobile or roving vaccination teams. A standard operating procedure and operational guidance has been provided to local health teams to support their efforts to reach those who are housebound.