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Mr. Paterson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children in England received the MMR vaccine in each of the last five years. [116345]
Ms Blears
Information about immunisation rates for MMR for children by their second birthday and by their fifth birthday for the last five years is shown in the table.
| Percentage of children immunized against MMR | |||
| By their 5th birthday1 | |||
| By their 2nd birthday | First dose | First and second dose | |
| 1997–98 | 90.8 | — | — |
| 1998–99 | 88.3 | — | — |
| 1999–2000 | 87.6 | 93.0 | 76.0 |
| 2000–01 | 87.4 | 91.9 | 74.8 |
| 2001–02 | 84.1 | 90.8 | 74.0 |
| 1 Information about uptake at age five was collected for the first time in 1999–2000. | |||
Source:
Department of Health, Statistics Division SD3G, COVER data.