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Meningitis: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are he is taking to procure meningococcal B vaccines.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
18 May 2026
Target answer date
21 May 2026
Answer
21 May 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are he is taking to procure meningococcal B vaccines.

  2. 21 May 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 May 2026

    Answer published

    The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is engaged in procurement activity to maintain sufficient stockpiles of meningococcal B vaccines to support the United Kingdom’s future routine immunisation programmes. This procurement process is in its final stages ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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