| Heading: |
Measles |
| Question ID: |
1786241 |
| UIN: |
39432 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4131 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Jim Shannon
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| Asking Member handle: |
jimshannonmp
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@jimshannonmp
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of measles cases across the UK. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-28 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4981 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Ashley Dalton
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| Answering Member handle: |
AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answer text: |
There has been a resurgence of measles in England since autumn 2023, initially driven by cases in Birmingham, followed by a large outbreak in London, with small clusters in other regions. This was largely due to a gradual decline in uptake of childhood va... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |