Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that sufficient (1) funding, and (2) staff resources, are put in place to ensure the implementation of a universal programme for Respiratory Syncytial Virus vaccinations for infants and older adults.

Policy options based on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s advice on a potentially expanded respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination programme are being developed. This includes engaging with HM Treasury to seek budgetary support for a potential programme, and with NHS England and UK Health Security Agency regarding the required resources and capacity to deliver a potential programme.