Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether people considered clinically extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 will automatically be considered a priority for a COVID-19 vaccination, regardless of age.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) are the independent experts who provide advice to Government on which vaccine(s) the United Kingdom should use, and which groups to prioritise. The JCVI and the JCVI sub-committee are currently reviewing evidence on clinical risk factors associated with serious disease and mortality from COVID-19, including the risk in those identified as clinically extremely vulnerable. Following a review of the evidence, the Committee will develop advice on risk groups for any future COVID-19 vaccination programme.