HC Deb 08 September 2003 vol 410 c221W
Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which Minister is responsible for(a) complementary medicines, (b) nutrition, (c) the Health Protection Agency, (d) arthritis and (e) obesity. [127739]

Percentage of children immunised against MMR
Somerset Health Authority Dorset Health Authority
by their 5th birthday1 by their 5th birthday1
by their 2nd

birthday

first dose first and second

dose

by their 2nd

birthday

first dose second dose
1997–98 94 - - 93 - -
1998–99 91 - - 90 - -
1999 2000 90 96 87 86 95 83
2000–01 90 96 86 78 95 78
2001–02 88 95 85 82 93 73

Note:

1Information about uptake at age five was collected for the first time in 1999–2000.

Source:

Department of Health, Statistics Division SD3G, COVER data.

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