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Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to protect household contacts of the immunosuppressed from covid-19 infection.

answeredHelen MorganDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
16 Oct 2025
Answer
10 Nov 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to protect household contacts of the immunosuppressed from covid-19 infection.

  2. 16 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to protecting those most vulnerable to COVID-19 through vaccination, as guided by the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The primary aim of the national COVID-19 vaccination programme remains th...

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