Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (a) claims and (b) mandatory reversals were successful in each year between 2019 and 2023.

The Department of Health and Social Care requested the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) transfer to the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) from the Department for Work and Pensions from 1 November 2021. Average claim waiting times before November 2021 has therefore been calculated based on the data transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions to NHSBSA.

Of the 27 VDPS claims concluded in 2019, none were successful. In 2020, of 26 claims concluded, none were successful. In 2021, of 41 claims concluded, none were successful. In 2022, of 480 claims concluded, 33 or 6.88% were successful. In 2023, of 4008 claims concluded, 128 or 3.19% were successful.

In 2019, of seven concluded requests for a mandatory reversal on a decision reached on a concluded VDPS claim, no claims were successful. In 2020, of two concluded mandatory reversals, one was successful. In 2021, of four concluded mandatory reversals, no claims were successful. In 2022, no mandatory reversals were concluded. In 2023, of 187 concluded mandatory reversals, seven claims or 3.74% were successful.