Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 10 November 2022.
Baroness Masham of Ilton
Crossbench
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that healthcare providers administering COVID-19 vaccines have access to the full portfolio of vaccines purchased by the Government and available in the UK.
Lord Markham
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
In the United Kingdom, the COVID-19 vaccines currently in use have been authorised by the independent regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority. The Majority of people will be offered a vaccine manufactured by Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna. However, for those clinically intolerant to these MRNA vaccines, the Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Novavax is also available. All vaccination centres order supplies according to anticipated requirements. NHS England has asked regional teams to nominate sites in England to administer the Nuvaxovid vaccine.
Yes4 people think so
No2 people think not
Would you like to ask a question like this yourself? Use our Freedom of Information site.
The term "majority" is used in two ways in Parliament. Firstly a Government cannot operate effectively unless it can command a majority in the House of Commons - a majority means winning more than 50% of the votes in a division. Should a Government fail to hold the confidence of the House, it has to hold a General Election. Secondly the term can also be used in an election, where it refers to the margin which the candidate with the most votes has over the candidate coming second. To win a seat a candidate need only have a majority of 1.
