COVID-19: Collection of 12-15 year-old pupil data from the Department for Education: Spring 2022 refresh

The Data Provision Notice published on this page supports the national COVID-19 Vaccination Programme which NHS England has been commissioned by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to operate. 

As the organisation with operational responsibility for the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme in England, NHS England needs to monitor and accurately report on uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine within the 12-15 year-old cohort. This extends to monitoring and reporting on uptake of the vaccine by school so that informed decisions can be made in relation to whether further efforts are required for the purposes of vaccine call and re-call or to further encourage vaccine uptake within this particular cohort.

NHS Digital is the owner of the Patient Demographics Service (PDS) and is the Controller for the data contained within the PDS. On collection of the data specified in the Notice, NHS Digital will link the PDS demographic data with each respective individual’s NHS Number using PDS data. A list of NHS Numbers will then be provided by NHS Digital to NHS England so that NHS England can perform the necessary uptake monitoring and reporting.

This Notice is served on:

• the Department for Education.

This Notice enables further processing of the data, starting in March 2022 and expected to last no longer than 12 months.

31 March 2022:  This Notice has been updated to reflect a change to the criteria (census date and pupil age range) that determine which individuals fall within scope. 

18 October 2021: Notice first published.