§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he intends to give to nursery schools and other providers of early years education on accepting children who have not received their MMR inoculations. [47840]
§ Yvette CooperGeneral guidance on infection control in schools and nurseries has been issued by this Department, the Department for Education and Skills and the public health laboratory service in the form of a poster. Copies of this have been distributed to all schools and it is also available on the wired for health web site, specifically at www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk//healthy/ images/INFECT—POSTER.PDF
§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the level of MMR vaccination is in Darlington. [53295]
§ Yvette Cooper[holding answer 29 April 2002]: Information about children immunised against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) in County Durham and Darlington health authority by their 2" birthday is contained in the Statistical Bulletin "NHS Immunisation Statistics, England: 2000-01". A copy of the bulletin is in the House of Commons Library and can also be found on the Department website www.doh.goy.uk/public/ sb0121.htm.