Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
(asked on 24th January 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have applied for a Vaccine Damage Payment; how many people have received payments from that scheme; and what the average payment is.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 28th January 2022
The Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme was established in 1979. From the inception of the scheme to 21 January 2022 inclusive, there have been 7,336 claims for all diseases included in the Scheme. Of these claims, 947 have received payments. For claims made on and after 12 July 2007, the current award amount is £120,000.