Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 1:56 pm on 2 December 2020.

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Photo of Andrew RT Davies Andrew RT Davies Conservative 1:56, 2 December 2020

I'm grateful for that clarification, because I certainly look at this as an appointment card, rather than an ID card. But, as I said, certain media outlets are already referring to it as an ID card, and I think that's regrettable. From your answer, I take it that it will have no legal status, this card. 

If I could move on to allocation, you did address some of the points to the previous speaker about allocation, but this first batch that will come to us will have about 40,000 doses for Wales, which, cut in half, because it's a two-jab vaccine, obviously, is 20,000 individuals. That, obviously, is a very small starting point, but a welcome starting point. How will Government determine how that will be spread around Wales? I've heard about the priority groups, and I accept the logic of the priority groups, but with only 20,000 doses available, that's not even going to touch the sides when it comes to dealing with those priority groups, leave alone the geographical spread that needs to be taken into account as well. So, can you give us the train of thought that is behind the logic in arriving at how those first 20,000 doses will be allocated? Importantly, as we know that first tranche is 800,000 doses in total across the UK, of which, as I said, our allocation will be roughly 40,000, when will the next allocation be released for this particular vaccine? I'm assuming that's in the new year, but do we know the quantity and what we're dealing with?