Childhood Vaccination Coverage Statistics, England, 2023-24

Schedule for 6-in-1 (DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB)

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• Coverage in England remains  below the 95% target in 2023-24.
• In 2023-24, 91.2% of children were reported to have completed their primary course of 3 doses at 12 months.
• Coverage in 2022-23 was 91.8%. There has been a general downward trend in coverage for this vaccination since the peak of 94.7% reported in 2012-13.

DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB

Regional coverage at 12 months

• In 2023-24, 8 of 9 regions exceeded 90% coverage. 1 region (North East) exceeded the national target of 95%.
• London had the lowest coverage (86.2%) and was 9.0 percentage points lower than the North East which had the highest coverage (95.2%)

• 22 LAs (out of 149) have coverage levels of 95% and above. With the highest coverage reported for South Tyneside at 97.0%.
• 44 LAs reported coverage of less than 90%. 26 of these LAs were in London.
• 12 LAs had coverage below 85%, 8 of those are in London.

DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB

National coverage at 24 months

DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB

Regional coverage for 6-in-1 at 24 months

• In 2023-24, 8 out of 9 regions reached 90% coverage. 1 region met the national target of 95%.
• London has the lowest regional coverage (87.7%) and was 8.1 percentage points lower that the North East which has the highest coverage (95.8%). None of the London LAs met the 95% target, of these, 23 of 32 LAs were below 90% (see Data Table 9a for LA level data).

6-in-1 vaccine - DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB

The vaccination schedule changed from the 5-in-1 to the 6-in-1 in August 2017, therefore, children in the 5 year age cohort in 2023-24 (born between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019) would have all received the 6-in-1 vaccination.

National coverage at 5 years

• In 2023-24, coverage for the 6-in-1 vaccine at 5 years was 92.6%, 0.6 percentage points lower than the 93.2% coverage reported for the 5-in-1 in 2022-23.
• Coverage is now at it's lowest since 2008-09, having previously met the 95% target for 10 years between 2011-12 and 2020-21.

‘6-in-1’ vaccine - DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB

Regional coverage at 5 years

• In 2023-24, coverage was above 90% in 8 of 9 regions.
• South West was the only region to exceed the 95% target (95.2% for 2023-24).
• London had the lowest coverage (86.9%), which was 8.3 percentage points lower than the South West.

National and regional coverage

Children should receive their DTaP/IPV pre-school booster from 3 years and 4 months or soon thereafter. (This vaccine is given to children who have received a 3 dose course of the 5-in-1 vaccination).

National coverage at 5 years

• In 2023-24, coverage was 82.7%. This represents a decrease from 2022-23, when coverage was 83.3%
• Coverage was highest in 2012-13, at 88.9%.

National coverage of MMR1 at 24 months

• In 2023-24, 88.9% of children received their 1st dose of the MMR vaccine. This compares with 89.3% in 2022-23 and is the third consecutive year that coverage has been below 90%.
• Coverage previously exceeded 90% for 10 years between 2011-12 and 2020-21.

Regional coverage of MMR1 at 24 months

• In 2023-24, 6 of 9 regions reached 90% coverage. No region met the national target of 95%.
• London had the lowest coverage (81.8%) and was 12.1 percentage points lower than the North East with the highest coverage (93.9%).

Upper tier local authority (LA) coverage at 24 months

• In 2023-24, 10 LAs (out of 149) had coverage levels of 95% and above.
• Coverage of less than 90% was reported for 71 LAs, including all 32 London LAs.

National MMR1 coverage at 5 years

• In 2023-24, coverage was 91.9%, this represents a decrease of 0.6 percentage points from 2022-23, when coverage was 92.5%.
• The 95% target was reached for the first and only time in 2016-17 and consistently decreased since then.

Regional MMR1 coverage at 5 years

• In 2023-24, the North East was the only region to meet the target of 95%.
• Coverage in London is below 90%.

National coverage at 12 months

In 2023-24, 88.5% of children in England were reported to have received 2 doses of the rotavirus vaccine as measured at 12 months, a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from 88.7% in 2022-23.

Rotavirus vaccine coverage is now at it's lowest level since data became available in 2016-17.

Regional coverage at 12 months

• Coverage in 4 regions was above 90%, however none achieved 95%.
• London was the region with lowest coverage at 83.6%, 9.5 percentage points lower than the North East, the region with the highest coverage (93.1%)

National coverage at 12 months (PCV primary course):

• PCV data for the 12-month cohort was not available for 2020-21. This is due to the change in the vaccine schedule and how the vaccine is recorded. See Appendix L for details.
• Coverage was 93.2% in 2023-24 a decrease of 0.5 percentage points from 2022-23. 

 National coverage at 24 months (PCV booster):

• In 2023-24, 88.2% of children had completed a booster course of PCV, a decrease from 88.5% the previous year and a continuation of the downward trend since the peak of 92.5% in 2012-13.

Regional coverage at 24 months (booster)

• In 2023-24, 5 of 9 regions reached 90% coverage. No region exceeded the national target of 95%.
• Coverage in England was below the 95% target in 2023-24, 2022-23 and 2021-22.
• London had consistently lower coverage in those three years and in 2023-24, at 80.4%, was 12.9 percentage points lower than the North East with the highest coverage (93.3%)

National coverage at 24 months

• Coverage in England remains below 90% for a third year, having declined consistently since a peak of 92.7% in 2012-13.
• In 2023-24, 88.6% of children in England were reported as having received the combined Hib/MenC vaccine.
• This is a decrease of 0.1 percentage points from the 2022-23 value of 88.7%.

Regional coverage at 24 months

• In 2023-24, 6 out of 9 regions reached 90% coverage. No region reached the national target of 95%.
• In 2023-24, coverage was lowest at 81.2% in London, 12.4 percentage points lower than the North East which had the highest coverage (93.6%).

National and Regional coverage at 12 months

• In 2023-24, 90.6% of children in England received 2 doses of the Men B vaccine, a decrease of 0.4% from 91.0% in 2022-23.
• In 2022-23, 6 of 9 regions reached 90% coverage, no region achieved the 95% national target.
• London had the lowest coverage at 85.5%, 9.1 percentage points lower than the North East at 94.6%.

Vaccine summary:

• In 2023-24, coverage was 87.3%, this represents a decrease of 0.3% from 2022-23, when coverage was 87.6%
• 3 of 9 regions reached 90% coverage, while no regions achieved 95% coverage.
• London had the lowest coverage (79.3%) and was 13.5 percentage points lower than the North East with the highest coverage (92.8%).

The table below displays the annual 2023-24 coverage values for the 4 UK countries. UK time series data (from 2009-10 to 2023-24) can be accessed in the interactive dashboard: http://bit.ly/child_vacc_stats_annual 
Quarterly UK and country level vaccine coverage statistics are published in the quarterly COVER Health Protection Report by UKHSA⁵.   

Source: COVER – UKHSA, NHS England. See Data Tables 5a, 5b and 5c.

Values highlighted in bold represent those at or above the 95% target. (If a number rounds up to 95.0%, but the true figure is below 95.0%, the number is not in bold)

Links to vaccine statistics publications for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales can be found in the Quality Statement (Coherence and Comparability section).

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In addition to the routine vaccines listed in this report, there are 2 selective neonatal vaccination programmes.

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Data for 2 selective vaccination programmes are published within the data tables, BCG and Hepatitis B.

BCG data can be found in Tables 11a and 11b of the accompanying data tables. Coverage and eligible population data are published for all LAs, not just those running a universal vaccination programme. Data is published at regional and national level. Coverage is assessed at age 3 months and age 12 months.

HepB data can be found in Tables 11c and 11d for children aged 12 months and 24 months old respectively. Data is only published at LA level, there is no aggregation to regional and national level due to suppression.

More information on BCG can be found in the Tuberculosis report published by UKHSA  

Appendix E of the accompanying Appendices document has more information.

Influenza vaccine

• During the 2023-24 winter season (1 September 2023 to 31 March 2024), all GP practices in England were asked to offer the influenza (seasonal flu) vaccine to all registered children aged 2 and 3 years.
• School age children aged 4 to 15 years are also vaccinated, but this data is not presented in this report⁶.
• Age is defined as age on 31 August 2023
• Data is collected for the period 1 September 2023 to 29 February 2024.
• Regional data for 2-year-olds and 3-year-olds is presented below.
• For further information, see the UKHSA report, which contains additional information, such as a coverage broken-down by children ‘in a clinical risk group’ and ‘not in a clinical risk group’
• https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/vaccine-uptake#seasonal-flu-vaccine-uptake:-figures
• Information on recommended components of vaccine: https://www.who.int/teams/global-influenza-programme/vaccines/who-recommendations

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During the 2023-24 winter season (1 September 2023 to 31 March 2024), all GP practices in England were asked to offer the influenza (seasonal flu) vaccine to all registered children aged 2 or 3 years. Coverage data shown was collected for the period 1 September 2023 to 29 February 2024.

Percentage of children vaccinated at 2 and 3 years of age

• In 2023-24, influenza vaccination coverage was 44.4% for the combined 2- and 3-years age group.
• This is an increase of 0.7 percentage points from 2022-23, when coverage for the combined 2- and 3-year age group was 43.7%
• There is a decrease of 5.7 percentage points compared to 2021-22, where the figure was 50.1%

Note: Data is final end of season and represents 93.6% of all GP practices in England responding to the February 2022 Child GP Flu Survey (green) compared with 98.4% of practices in the same survey month in 2022-23. For further info. see Appendix B
Read the UKHSA report.