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Mr. Drew
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the take-up of the meningitis C vaccine by targeted groups. [105900]
Ms Blears
[holding answer 1 Apri1 2003]: Information on uptake of routine childhood vaccines are collected through the COVER (define) programme. These data are published on a quarterly basis in the "Communicable Disease Report (CDR) Weekly" and are available at www.phls.org.uk/publications/cdr/index.htmlThe most recent quarterly uptake figures—October to December 2002—for the meningitis C conjugate vaccine for England at one and two years of age were 90 per cent. and 92 per cent. respectively.
| Vaccine coverage in the catch-up campaign by age and school year | ||||
| Age | Birth cohort | Approximate date of vaccination | Total eligible | Coverage (percentage) |
| <12 months | 11 January 1999 to 28 July 1999 | January 2000 | 283,198 | 80.4 |
| 1- < 2 years | 11 January 1998 to 10 January 1999 | January 2000 | 526,802 | 83.8 |
| 2–5 years | 1 September 1994 to 10 January 1998 | March 2000 | 1,810,884 | 75.6 |
| School year (age inferred) | ||||
| 1 (5–6) | 1 September 1993 to 31 August 1994 | September 2000 | 517,088 | 86.3 |
| 2 (6–7) | 1 September 1992 to 31 August 1993 | September 2000 | 525,151 | 86.7 |
| 3 (7–8) | I September 1991 to 31 August 1992 | September 2000 | 545,352 | 87.4 |
| 4 (8–9) | 1 September 1990 to 31 August 1991 | September 2000 | 552,993 | 87.6 |
| 5 (9–10) | 1 September 1989 to 31 August 1990 | May 2000 | 549,518 | 89.0 |
| 6 (10–11) | 1 September 1988 to 31 August 1989 | May 2000 | 542,557 | 88.0 |
| 7 (11–12) | 1 September 1987 to 31 August 1988 | March 2000 | 556,661 | 87.9 |
| 8 (12–13) | 1 September 1986 to 31 August 1987 | March 2000 | 540,878 | 87.2 |
| 9 (13–14) | 1 September 1985 to 31 August 1986 | March 2000 | 530,547 | 85.5 |
| 10 (14–15) | 1 September 1984 to 31 August 1985 | March 2000 | 519,446 | 83.0 |
| 11 (15–16) | 1 September 1983 to 31 August 1984 | November 1999 | 484,751 | 83.7 |
| 12 (16–17) | 1 September 1982 to 31 August 1983 | November 1999 | 300,429 | 70.3 |
| 13 (17–18) | 1 September 1981 to 31 August 1982 | November 1999 | 265,423 | 60.3 |
| All school years | — | — | 6,532,229 | 84.6 |
| 1— | — | — | 767,431 | 43.0 |
| 115–17 y/o not in education. Only 32/155 trusts were able to provide vaccine coverage outside of school. It was assumed that this was representative and the number of 15 to 17-year-olds not in education was equal to the ONS population estimate for this age group minus denominator data supplied by health trusts. | ||||