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Our ref: DE00000422874
Dear Mr Yates,
Thank you for your email of 18 June to the Department of Health requesting, under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act data on the children of asylum seekers and childhood immunisations programmes.
I can confirm that the Department does not hold the information requested.
Although information about childhood immunisations is collected by the Department, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) and Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), the data available to the Department and HPA does not contain information on immigration status.
However, I can advise that individual PCTs may have information on immunisations given at locations such as an immigration removal centres in their area. Contact details for PCTs are available on the NHS Choices website at: www.nhs.uk.
If you have any queries about this response, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:
Head of the Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health
Room 317
79
SW1A 2NS
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxx.xxx.xx
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Department. The ICO can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
SK9 5AF
Yours sincerely,
William Scott
Freedom of Information Officer
Department of Health