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5.33pm BST

In the Commons Greg Clark, the Conservative chair of the science committee, asked Matt Hancock if Kate Bingham, head of the government's vaccine taskforce, was right when she told the Financial Times that any vaccine would only go to half the population. (See 9.01am.)

Hancock did not give a clear answer, but did not say she was wrong. He told Clark:

The vaccine taskforce has done incredibly important work in supporting the scientific development and manufacture of vaccines, and in procuring six different types of vaccine from around the world.

The work of deploying a vaccine is for my department, working with the NHS and the armed forces, who are helping enormously with the logistical challenge.

5.25pm BST

Manchester's weekly rate of new Covid-19 cases has now topped 500 cases per 100,000 people, new data shows.

As PA Media reports, a total of 2,927 new cases were recorded in Manchester in the seven days to October 2 - the equivalent of 529.4 cases per 100,000, up from 246.4 in the previous week.