Immunisation
Health
Stephen O'Brien (Shadow Minister, Health; Eddisbury, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will ensure that all those due for immunisation receive that immunisation in the next two months.
Caroline Flint (Minister of State (Public Health), Department of Health; Don Valley, Labour)
Children are currently offered vaccinations according to the following schedule:
| When to immunise | What is given | How it is given |
| Two, three and four months old | Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and Hib (DTaP/IPV/Hib) | One injection |
| MenC | One injection | |
| Around 13 months old | Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) | One injection |
| Three years and four months to five years old | Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough) and polio (dTaP/IPV or DTaP/IPV) | One injection |
| Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) | One injection | |
| 13 to 18 years old | Diphtheria, tetanus, polio (Td/IPV) | One injection |
Pneumococcal vaccine will be added to the routine schedule from