Meningitis C Vaccine 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.---------------------------- |Age | ---------------------------- |<12 months | ---------------------------- |1- < 2 years | ---------------------------- |2–5 years | ---------------------------- |School year (age inferred)| ---------------------------- |1 (5–6) | ---------------------------- |2 (6–7) | ---------------------------- |3 (7–8) | ---------------------------- |4 (8–9) | ---------------------------- |5 (9–10) | ---------------------------- |6 (10–11) | ---------------------------- |7 (11–12) | ---------------------------- |8 (12–13) | ---------------------------- |9 (13–14) | ---------------------------- |10 (14–15) | ---------------------------- |11 (15–16) | ---------------------------- |12 (16–17) | ---------------------------- |13 (17–18) | ---------------------------- |All school years | ---------------------------- |1— | ----------------------------