HC Deb 26 April 1993 vol 223 cc279-80W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the percentage uptake of immunisations in each year since 1980 by district health authorities and FHSAs for (a) MMR, (b) rubella, (c) under-two diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and (d) pre-school diphtheria, tetanus and polio and BCG, together with the source of this information.

Mr. Sackville

Information on vaccination and immunisation by family health services authority is not available centrally.

Figures for the two-year uptake of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio by district health authority have been published in the Department of Health publication "Vaccination and Immunisation" since 1987–88, copies of which are available in the Library.

Further information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will place in the Library the latest edition of "Vaccination and Immunisation" based on forms KC50, KC50A and KC51.

Mr. Sackville

The latest edition available is for the period 1990–91, a copy of which is in the Library.

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