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Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 17 June 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 June 2025. It was answered by Ashley Dalton (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 June 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Whooping Cough: Vaccination

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been vaccinated against whooping cough in the last 12 months.

Answer

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) monitors trends in the level of childhood vaccination rates by upper tier local authority, region, and country. From April 2023 to March 2024, 91.2% of children in England who turned 12 months had been fully vaccinated with all three doses against pertussis, also known as whooping cough. Data on coverage of all routine childhood immunisations is published quarterly by UKHSA, and is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cover-of-vaccination-evaluated-rapidly-cover-programme-2024-to-2025-quarterly-data

Data on coverage of all routine childhood immunisations is also published annually by NHS England, and is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-immunisation-statistics/england-2023-24


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
60441
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Children Whooping cough Vaccination
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk