§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the level of vaccination coverage is among children who should have received the BCG vaccination in the last academic year. [38682]
§ Yvette Cooper[holding answer 28 February 2002]: Information about the numbers of children receiving BCG vaccinations is contained in tables 4 and 5 of the Statistical Bulletin "NHS Immunisation Statistics, England: 2000–01". A copy of the bulletin is available in the Library and can also be found on the Department of Health website www.doh.gov.uk/public/sb0121.htm.
Since the resumption of the schools routine BCG programme in March 2001, up to the end of January 2002, over 2.2 million more doses of vaccine have been distributed to co-ordinators around the United Kingdom compared with the previous year.