| Heading: |
Chickenpox: Vaccination |
| Question ID: |
1815590 |
| UIN: |
62067 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5252 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Rachel Gilmour
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Rachel Gilmour
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make the NHS chickenpox vaccination available to all children. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-01 |
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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: |
The Government is considering the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s recommendation, published in November 2023, to introduce a varicella, also known as chickenpox, programme into the immunisation schedule for children.It is important that ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |