§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish in theOfficial Report any preliminary figures available for the uptake of MMR immunisation in each health authority in England during the first three months of the MMR being available.
§ Mr. FreemanImmunisation uptake figures are reported and recorded on an annual (financial year) basis. Rates for health authorities in general, following the introduction of MMR vaccine, will not, therefore, be available for some time. Reports from a sample of districts who have co-operated with the communicable disease surveillance centre are being analysed and the results will be made public as soon as possible. However, the distribution of doses of the vaccine from 1 October to the end of January (1.2 million against a maximum requirement from the two priority groups of children of 400,000) indicates a very high uptake level and a likely acceleration of the "catch up" period for other children.