§ Keith VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made on the inclusion of Prevenar in the UK childhood immunisation programme. [173180]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonNew studies have been taken forward by the Health Protection Agency for the inclusion of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Prevenar) into the United) Kingdom childhood immunisation programme and a decision will be taken at the end of these studies. The timing is dependent on the rate of recruitment of children to these studies.