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Written question asked by Stephen Doughty (Labour) on Friday, 22 January 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 27 January 2021 (named day). It was answered by Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) on Wednesday, 27 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 doses of the (a) Pfizer-BioNTech and (b) Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are physically present in the UK and being held in storage, yet to be deployed or prepared for delivery.

Answer

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

The UK was the first country in the world to start a vaccination programme using these vaccines. As of 26 January 2021, over 6.85 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 by 15 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
141990
Session
2019-21
Subjects
University of Oxford Procurement Vaccination Pfizer AstraZeneca Coronavirus BioNTech
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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