PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coronavirus: Vaccination (18 August 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for people who have (a) multiple sclerosis and (b) other disabilities preventing them from receiving the covid-19 vaccine of the use of vaccine passports which may be mandatory for some activities.

Asked by:
Janet Daby (Labour)

Any venue that adopts COVID-19 status checks as a condition of entry must comply with the relevant legal obligations such as the Equalities Act 2010 when deciding whether or not to accept medical exemptions.

Senior clinicians are currently drafting clinical guidance which will include and apply to conditions such as multiple sclerosis and other disabilities.

We will set out our plans shortly for a clinical review of medical exemptions which will enable individuals to show their COVID-19 status using the NHS COVID Pass.

Answered by:
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative)
7 September 2021