{"value":{"id":1362285,"askingMemberId":4471,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2021-10-21T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2021-10-25T00:00:00","uin":"60450","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the 2021 flu vaccine.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4447,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2021-10-29T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>All the flu vaccines in use in the United Kingdom in 2021/22 are licensed following previous demonstration of efficacy against influenza in clinical trials. This statistical analysis is not possible until there have been sufficient cases. The 2021-22 season flu vaccines have not been evaluated for effectiveness against circulating strains of influenza.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Influenza: Vaccination","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1362285","method":"GET"}]}