§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of girls between the ages of 12 and 16 years has received rubella vaccination in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. MoyleThe number of rubella vaccinations is available only from 1970 when it was first recommended for 11, 12 and 13-year-old girls. For this age group the number of vaccinations received each year expressed as a percentage of the population of 11, 12 and 13-year-old girls is as follows for England
1970, 11 per cent.; 1971, 36 per cent.; 1972, 27 per cent.; 1973, 24 per cent.; 1974, 22 per cent.; 1975, 22 per cent.; 1976, 25 per cent.; 1977, 25 per cent.The accumulative effect of these vaccinations means that for recent years, the percentage of girls vaccinated by their fourteenth birthday is approximately 70 per cent.