To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have received payments from the vaccines damages scheme in each of the last five years.
Answered on
20 May 2022
The Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme provides a one-off tax-free payment, currently £120,000, to successful applicants where vaccination has caused severe disablement. The following table shows the number of claimants which have received payments in each of the last five years.
Calendar year | Awards |
2018 | 4 |
2019 | 2 |
2020 | 4 |
2021 | 1 |
2022 | 0 |
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Department of Health and Social Care