Written question asked by Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Labour) on Thursday, 9 December 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 December 2021. It was answered by Amanda Milling (Conservative) on Monday, 31 January 2022 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Coronavirus: Vaccination

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of covid-19 vaccine doses donated by the UK that have (a) been used, (b) been destroyed following expiry and (c) become unusable in other ways.

Answer: As of 21 January, the UK has delivered 23.3m doses to countries in need of which 17.8m have been delivered via COVAX. A further 7.5m doses have been received by COVAX and will shortly be allocated and shipped in line with COVAX's fair allocation model. COVAX works with governments to monitor equitable distribution, allocation, and delivery of vaccines in line with National Deployment and Vaccination Plans and the World Health Organisation's 'equitable allocation framework.' We also delivered 5.5m doses on a bilateral basis. We are monitoring the distribution of these vaccines.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 90379
Session: 2021-22
Subjects: Developing countries International assistance Vaccination Clinical waste Coronavirus
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk