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Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

Asked by Laurence TurnerLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 16 February 2026UIN 111976

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 86092, how many claimants were awarded a payment under the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme in each financial year since 2021-22.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

The NHS Business Services Authority is the administrator of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS). The following table shows the total number of awarded claims in each financial year since 2021/22:

Year

Total number of VDPS claims awarded

2021/22

1

2022/23

72

2023/24

99

2024/25

55

2025/26

34

Total

261

Note: Data for 2025/26 figure is accurate as of 6 February 2026. The previous question, answered on 28 October 2025, covered the period up until 30 September 2025. Some claims may be paid in a different financial year to which they were awarded.

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