§ Mrs. LaingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent guidance her Department has given to nursery schools and other providers of early years education and child care about accepting children who(a) have and (b) have not had the MMR vaccine. [36503]
§ Margaret HodgeThe MMR vaccine is the safest and most effective way to protect children against measles, mumps and rubella. Though strongly recommended, the MMR is not compulsory and we have issued guidance to local Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships to say that child care and nursery education providers should not exclude a child who has not had the vaccination.