Ticks
House of Lords
The Countess of Mar (Crossbench)
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 23 May (WA 82-3), how many United Kingdom travellers to the rest of the European Union and neighbouring countries have been vaccinated against tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in each year from 2002, and how many enquiries about TBE and TBE vaccination the National Travel Health Network and Centre received in each year from 2002.
Earl Howe (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Quality), Health; Conservative)
Information on the numbers of travellers from the United Kingdom who have been vaccinated against tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is not held centrally.
The available information on the number on telephone enquiries received by the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) Advice Line about TBE vaccination is set out in the table.
| Tick-borne Encephalitis vaccination telephone enquiries received by NaTHNaC | ||||||
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 (as of 30 June 2010) |
| 76 | 135 | 115 | 106 | 119 | 74 | 52 |