Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason reforming the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme would require the processing of all current claims to be paused and clinical contracts to be renegotiated; and if he will make a statement.

Should any reforms be made to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS), particularly legislative, it would likely be necessary to pause the processing of cases to allow for the reforms to be implemented in a way which limited unequal treatment between cases. An assessment of the impacts of any specific reform would be required before a decision was taken to pause the processing of cases. The Department is focused on continuing to process claims made through the VDPS, working to ensure that those who qualify receive payments as quickly as possible.