Question follow-through · 97069

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend the eligibility for free Covid vaccines to people with Respiratory Syncytial Virus in West Dorset constituency.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
3 Dec 2025
Target answer date
8 Dec 2025
Answer
5 Jan 2026 · 33 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend the eligibility for free Covid vaccines to people with Respiratory Syncytial Virus in West Dorset constituency.

  2. 8 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Jan 2026

    Answer published

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

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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