HC Deb 10 April 2000 vol 348 c7W
Mr. Hunter

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) babies and (b) school children aged 15 to 17 years have been vaccinated with meningococcal group C conjugate vaccine under the current immunisation programme. [117637]

Yvette Cooper

Information on uptake of the new meningococcal Group C conjugate vaccine in babies and in school children aged 15 to 17 years will not be available till later this year, but anecdotal evidence suggests that between 80 and 95 per cent. of 15 to 17-year-olds have been immunised, with uptake in babies even higher.