§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the annual cost of universal vaccination of children for(a) measles-rubella, (b) bacille-Calmette-Guerin, (c) polio, (d) HIB, (e) diphtheria, (f) tetanus and (g) pertussis. [23400]
§ Mr. HoramThe cost to the Department of Health's vaccine supply budget of purchasing vaccines for the childhood immunisation programme for 1995–96 was £39 million, whilst £1.74 million was allocated to the Health Education Authority for promotion and publicity. In 1994–95, the last year for which figures are available, £53.6 million was paid out to general practitioners in immunisation target payments. Figures on the cost of health care workers administering vaccines and delivery of school based immunisation programmes such as bacille-Calmette-Guerin are not available centrally.