Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with ministerial colleagues in the Northern Ireland Executive on the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination programmes in Northern Ireland.

The Ministerial team in the Northern Ireland Office speak regularly with the Northern Ireland Executive to discuss a wide range of issues, including Northern Ireland’s vaccination programme.

Although each devolved administration controls its own public health policy, we have been coordinating our responses to Covid, seeking alignment in policy and approach where appropriate, to ensure we tackle the pandemic effectively.

This joined up approach resulted in the UK-wide vaccine rollout for which almost 80% of Northern Ireland’s adult population have received at least one dose of the vaccine. It will be important that we maintain this collective approach as we seek to recover from the pandemic.