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Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

Asked by Laurence TurnerLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 20 November 2025UIN 91715

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 83545 on Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, if he will publish a version of that table covering each year for which his Department holds equivalent data.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The spend by the Department for Work and Pensions on the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme is included for the available years in a table below.

Financial year

Cost (£000s) in nominal terms

1993/94

26

1994/95

17

1995/96

-

1996/97

9

1997/98

12

1998/99

-

1999/00

60

2000/01

60,734

2001/02

6,525

2002/03

568

2003/04

478

2004/05

429

2005/06

500

2006/07

389

2007/08

200

2008/09

-

2009/10

292

2010/11

92

2011/12

-

2012/13

-

2013/14

0

2014/15

100

2015/16

240

2016/17

240

2017/18

360

2018/19

200

2019/20

300

2020/21

240

Source: outturn-and-forecast-tables-spring-statement-2025.xlsx

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