Written question asked by Lord Pickles (Conservative) on Monday, 24 November 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 December 2025. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 December 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Disease Control: Immunosuppression
- Question
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To ask His Majesty's Government whether they considered the impact of ongoing COVID-19 circulation on shielding immunocompromised patients as part of Exercise Pegasus.
- Answer
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The pandemic scenario designed in Exercise PEGASUS and given to participants was based on the emergence and spread of a novel pathogen and provided a realistic representation of its impact on the United Kingdom’s population, including those with existing conditions. The exercise included the circulation of existing pathogens such as COVID-19. Focus groups and surveys were carried out after each core exercise day to test the public reaction to the decisions taken by officials and ministers, and respondents were drawn from a broad cross-section of society, including those who were immunocompromised.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- HL12258
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Disease control Coronavirus Immunosuppression
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- 2025-12-09 11:45:09 +0000
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