Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the covid-19 vaccination rate in Jamaica.

As the Prime Minister has announced, vaccinations are a key part of ensuring we defeat this pandemic and return to normal. The UK has donated 300,000 AstraZeneca vaccines to Jamaica. All residents of Jamaica aged 12 and over can now get access to vaccines, but the take-up rate remains low. As of 2 January 2021, 1.21 million doses have been administered. The number of fully vaccinated persons is 567,000, and 24% of the island's population has received at least one dose. We continue to work closely with Jamaica and support their vaccination implementation plan.