Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce new COVID-19 booster jabs every six to nine months to respond to new strains.

At present, it is not known whether recurrent COVID-19 boosters will be required in the long term or to tackle new strains as more data is required. We will continue to be informed by the independent expert advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The JCVI will review the available data on the durability of protection from the vaccines against severe COVID-19 infection in all age groups and will develop further advice in due course.