Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, further to the Minister's statement at Column 130WH on 27 October 2026, whether her reference to "anyone who has become severely disabled following a vaccination" was intended to covers all those whose disabilities followed vaccination against Covid-19.

Published information on eligibility for the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme makes clear that individuals may be eligible for a payment if they are severely disabled and their disability was caused by vaccination against COVID-19 or a range of other specified diseases.