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Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

Asked by Emma LewellLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 29 January 2025UIN 25669

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of applications to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (a) are pending, (b) have been paid and (c) have been refused.

Answered by Andrew Gwynne

Between 1 November 2021 and 17 January 2025, the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme has received 19,115 claims. Of these, 7,159, or 37% of claims, are awaiting resolution, 208, or 1% of claims, have been awarded, and 11,748, or 61% of claims, have not been awarded a payment.

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