§ Mr. Neil TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the take-up rate of MMR vaccine was in the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by strategic health authority. [162060]
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§ Miss Melanie JohnsonInformation about the childhood immunisation programme, which includes children immunised by their first and second birthday, and from 1999 to 2000) by their fifth birthday, is derived from the COVER (Cover of Vaccination Evaluated Rapidly) system and collected by the Health Protection Agency.
Information about the uptake of MMR immunisations and other childhood immunisations is published annually in Department of Health Statistical Bulletins. The latest bulletin, "NHS Immunisation Statistics, England: 2002–03" is available in the Library and on the Department's website http://www.publications.doh.gov.uk/public/sb0316.pdf. This is the first year that uptake by strategic health authority has been available.
Quarterly figures on MMR Uptake from April 2003 to September 2003 are available on the Health Protection Agency's website at, http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/vaccination/cover_sha.htm