Whooping Cough: Vaccination
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been vaccinated against whooping cough in the last 12 months.
Answered by Ashley Dalton
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) monitors trends in the level of childhood vaccination rates by upper tier local authority, region, and country. From April 2023 to March 2024, 91.2% of children in England who turned 12 months had been fully vaccinated with all three doses against pertussis, also known as whooping cough. Data on coverage of all routine childhood immunisations is published quarterly by UKHSA, and is available at the following link:
Data on coverage of all routine childhood immunisations is also published annually by NHS England, and is available at the following link:
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