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Written question asked by Andrew Lewin (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 May 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 8 May 2025. It was answered by Ashley Dalton (Labour) on Friday, 9 May 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Vaccination: Babies

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP surgeries in England have a vaccination rate for (a) Diptheria, (b) Tetanus and (c) Polio for babies under 8 months of age of (i) less than 90 per cent, (ii) 90-93 per cent, (iii) 94-95 per cent and (iv) greater than 96 per cent.

Answer

The DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB vaccine protects against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, also known as whooping cough, polio, haemophilus influenzae type b, and hepatitis B. The number and percentage of general practices (GPs) in England with a vaccination rate of less than 90%, 90 to 93%, 94 to 95%, or more than 96% for diptheria, tetanus, and polio, for babies under eight months of age, is as follows:

  • 1,830 GPs, or 29.2%, at less than 90%;
  • 1,600 GPs, or 25.6%, at 90 to 93%;
  • 1,102 GPs, or 17.6%, at 94 to 95%; and
  • 1,727 GPs, or 27.6%, at 96% and above.

The above data is drawn from the latest published annual GP vaccine coverage data for April 2023 to March 2024 for the DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB vaccine, measured at 12 months of age. GPs that submitted zero data for this indicator and GPs with fewer than five patients, whose data was suppressed to protect patient identifiable information, were excluded from the above response. Further information regarding the coverage data is available in the tables attached.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
50248
Session
2024-26
Attachment
Additional Document
Subjects
Babies Diphtheria Vaccination Tetanus Polio
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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