§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 8 November 2001,Official Report, column 349W, on pneumococcal vaccine, when the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation last reviewed its advice to the Department; and what evidence his Department has considered in the last year concerning age-based vaccination. [14958]
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§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 15 November 2001]: The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) last considered the issue of pneumococcal vaccine at its meeting in November 2001. Studies to assess the possible role for pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the United Kingdom programme are currently on-going and JCVI will review the evidence once these studies have been completed.