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Written question asked by Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru) on Thursday, 21 January 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 26 January 2021 (named day). It was answered by Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) on Tuesday, 26 January 2021 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Coronavirus: Vaccination

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many (a) Pfizer/BioNTech and (b) Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines have been procured by the UK Government; how many of each vaccine have reached the UK to date; and if he will publish the number of doses of each vaccine which have been distributed to (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland to date.

Answer

The Government has procured 40 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and 100 million doses of the AstraZeneca/University of Oxford vaccines.

The UK was the first country in the world to start a vaccination programme using these vaccines. Due to our swift and decisive action there has been a regular and steady supply of vaccine doses arriving into the UK since early December 2020.

As of 20 January 2021, almost five million people across the UK have been vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine. We continue to work to meet our target of vaccinating all four priority groups, as advised by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, by the middle of February.

Vaccines are a precious resource in very high demand across the world; therefore, for security reasons it is not possible to provide detail about the size of our supplies and exact detail about deliveries.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
141584
Session
2019-21
Subjects
University of Oxford Procurement Vaccination Pfizer AstraZeneca Coronavirus BioNTech
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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