Question follow-through · 122083

Meningitis: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to roll out meningitis vaccines more widely to the population following the news of the recent outbreak in Kent.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 19 Mar 2026
Target answer date: 26 Mar 2026
Answer: 20 Apr 2026 · 32 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

19 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to roll out meningitis vaccines more widely to the population following the news of the recent outbreak in Kent.
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is an expert scientific advisory committee that advises the United Kingdom Government on eligibility for vaccination and immunisation programmes. The JCVI has been consulted on the immediate vacci...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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