Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2022 to Question 87733 on Universal Credit: Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, if he will extend Universal Credit disregards to bereaved next of kin recipients of VDPS payments; if he will enable bereaved recipients to establish a personal injury trust or annuity to benefit from Universal Credit disregards; whether there are other means bereaved recipients can benefit from such disregards; and what steps he is taking to enable bereaved recipients to have similar disregards to those who are directly injured.

The Department has no current plans to extend the disregards which apply in Universal Credit to people who receive Vaccine Damage Payments to next of kin recipients.