MMR Vaccine: Children
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of children who have been fully vaccinated for MMR in the last year.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne
Official childhood vaccine coverage estimates, including for the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, are published annually by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and NHS England, and also quarterly by UKHSA. Coverage of childhood vaccines are measured when children reach their first, second, and fifth birthdays.
Annually published coverage figures from the Cover of Vaccination Evaluated Rapidly surveillance scheme show that for 2023/24, at two years old, 649,287 out of 726,395 children, or 89.4%, have one dose of MMR coverage. At five years old, 721,672 out of 781,492 children, or 92.3%, have one dose of MMR coverage, and 660,680 out of 781,492 children, or 84.5%, have two doses.
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