Question follow-through · 97779
Measles: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent the spread of measles in schools.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 8 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jan 2026 · 28 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
8 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent the spread of measles in schools.
10 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jan 2026
Answer published
Vaccination is the safest and most effective way to protect children and staff against measles. In England, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) works closely with NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care to improve uptake of the routine ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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