Written question asked by Virendra Sharma (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 January 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 January 2012. It was answered by Anne Milton (Conservative) on Monday, 30 January 2012 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Tuberculosis: Vaccination

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of children under one whose parents or grandparents were born in a country where the annual incidence of tuberculosis is greater than 40 cases per 100,000 received Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccinations in the latest period for which figures are available;

Answer: The Department of Health does not hold data on the proportion of children eligible to receive Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination.The NHS Information Centre publishes annually data on the number of BCG vaccinations administered nationally by age. These data show that in 2010-11, about 153,000 children aged under one year received the BCG vaccination.The data is published in the NHS Information Centre report, 'NHS Immunisation Statistics England 2010-11', with the data source given as the KC50.A copy has been placed in the Library.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 92202; 539 c495W
Session: 2010-12
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2012-0167
Monday, 30 January 2012
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Vaccination Tuberculosis
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