Dr Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been (a) recorded as infected and (b) hospitalised with the Indian variant of the covid-19 virus; and how many people in each of those categories had previously been vaccinated against the virus.  [2167]

[Due for Answer on 20 May.] 

ANSWER

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care (Jo Churchill): The statistics for infections for each variant of concern, including the Indian variant, are available at the following link:

• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-variants-genomically-confirmed-case-numbers/variants-distribution-of-cases-data

Data on hospitalisations and vaccination status are not currently available in the format requested.