Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Coronavirus
(asked on 16th January 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many claimants have successfully been awarded compensation by the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme since Covid-19 was added to the scheme.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 23rd January 2024
Between COVID-19 being added to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) on 31 December 2020 and 16 January 2024, 163 claimants to the VDPS have received an award for claims in relation to an eligible vaccine, including COVID-19. No claims to the VDPS have received compensation, as the VDPS is not a compensation scheme, and it is not designed to cover all expenses associated with severe disablement.