Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2025 to Question 90131, how many decisions by operational managers in relation to the cost of returning someone to their final place of stay and supporting welfare and safety a) have involved discretionary payments of £500 or more and b) have involved discretionary payments of up to £500; and what was the total cost of all such payments in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

Answered by Alex Norris - Minister of State (Home Office)

The specific information requested is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96081, if she will publish the representation made by the hon. Member for Whitehaven and Workington.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on behalf of respondents.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96081, if she will publish the representation made by the hon. Member for Na-h Eileanan an Iar.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on behalf of respondents.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96081, if she will publish the representation made by the hon. Member for Kensington and Bayswater.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on behalf of respondents.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96081, if she will publish the representation made by the hon. Member for Camborne and Redruth.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on behalf of respondents.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96081, if she will publish the representation made by the hon. Member for Wolverhampton North East.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on behalf of respondents.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96081, if she will publish the representation made by the hon. Member for Milton Keynes Central.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on behalf of respondents.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96081, if she will publish the representation made by the hon. Member for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on behalf of respondents.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96081, if she will publish the representation made by the hon. Member for Eltham and Chislehurst.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on behalf of respondents.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96081, if she will publish the representation made by the hon. Member for Edinburgh South West.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on behalf of respondents.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96081, if she will publish the representation made by the hon. Member for Leigh and Atherton.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on behalf of respondents.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96081, if she will publish the representation made by the hon. Member for Blyth and Ashington.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on behalf of respondents.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96081, if she will publish the representation made by the hon. Member for Llanelli.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on behalf of respondents.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96081, if she will publish the representation made by the hon. Member for Mansfield.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on behalf of respondents.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96081, if she will publish the representation made by the hon. Member for Banbury.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on behalf of respondents.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96081, if she will publish the representation made by the hon. Member for Bournemouth East.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on behalf of respondents.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96081, if she will publish the representation made by the hon. Member for Leeds South West.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on behalf of respondents.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96081, if she will publish the representation made by the hon. Member for Luton North.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on behalf of respondents.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 96081, if she will publish the representation made by the hon. Member for Bassetlaw.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on behalf of respondents.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the meeting between the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention and the hon. Member for Christchurch on 5 November 2025, what progress has been made on possible reform to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme for claims relating to Covid-19 vaccinations; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Budget on the affordability of proposals for change.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

I am grateful for the Hon. Member's continued focus on this important issue, and for meeting with me on 5 November 2025.

I continue to actively review options for the reform of the scheme, and the Department is engaging with other Government departments as part of this process. Discussions have taken place on limitation period for court claims, following the meeting on 5 November 2025.

Any reforms would need to be prioritised as part of future business planning processes.

I am meeting with vaccine bereaved families in the coming weeks to provide them with a further update on this work.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the meeting between the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention and the hon. Member for Christchurch on 5 November 2025, what progress has been made on consulting with the Cabinet Office on increasing the limitation period for court claims relating to harm from Covid-19 vaccinations.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

I am grateful for the Hon. Member's continued focus on this important issue, and for meeting with me on 5 November 2025.

I continue to actively review options for the reform of the scheme, and the Department is engaging with other Government departments as part of this process. Discussions have taken place on limitation period for court claims, following the meeting on 5 November 2025.

Any reforms would need to be prioritised as part of future business planning processes.

I am meeting with vaccine bereaved families in the coming weeks to provide them with a further update on this work.

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Bill Esterson (Chair); Sir Christopher Chope; Lizzi Collinge; Graeme