To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the population was provided with the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine in England in each year since 1997; what the recommended percentage provision of MMR vaccine was in each such year; and what percentage of the relevant population was provided with the MMR vaccine in each primary care trust in the latest period for which figures are available.
Information on what percentage of the population that has received measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine in England in each year since 1997 is available at:
www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/vaccination/cover.htm.
The Department recommends that all eligible children are offered the MMR vaccine. Information is available at:
The latest information (2005-06) on the uptake of childhood immunisations by primary care trust is published annually by The Information Centre for health and social care and is available at:
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