Charlotte Nichols MP: written questions

Written questions

• Electronic Cigarettes: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67477More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to encourage the recycling of re-usable vapes once they have reached end-of-use.

  Answer: Since April 2024, businesses selling vapes have been legally required to offer in-store takeback, making recycling vapes accessible for consumers and preventing vapes being littered or incorrectly disposed of. In addition, the Government is introducing le...

  Answered 18 Jul 2025

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• Vaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66648More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of applications to the vaccine damage payment scheme since 2020 have been successful on appeal,by vaccine type.

  Answer: Data from the NHS Business Services Authority, the administrators of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS), shows that 22,408 VDPS claims were received between 1 November 2021 and 4 July 2025. 1.1% of these have been successful, with a further 0.1% hav...

  Answered 21 Jul 2025

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• Vaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66647More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of applications to the vaccine damage payment scheme since 2020 have been successful, by vaccine type.

  Answer: Data from the NHS Business Services Authority, the administrators of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS), shows that 22,408 VDPS claims were received between 1 November 2021 and 4 July 2025. 1.1% of these have been successful, with a further 0.1% hav...

  Answered 21 Jul 2025

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• Vaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66646More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications have been made to the vaccine damage payment scheme since 2020, by vaccine type.

  Answer: Data from the NHS Business Services Authority, the administrators of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS), shows that 22,408 VDPS claims were received between 1 November 2021 and 4 July 2025. 1.1% of these have been successful, with a further 0.1% hav...

  Answered 21 Jul 2025

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• Schools: TransportDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66283More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the statutory walking distance for free school transport.

  Answer: The department’s home-to-school travel policy aims to make sure that no child is prevented from accessing education by a lack of transport.Local authorities must arrange free home-to-school travel for children of compulsory school age, 5 to 16, who attend...

  Answered 17 Jul 2025

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• Measles: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65865More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to increase the uptake of measles vaccines.

  Answer: The Department is working alongside its partners to increase vaccine uptake across all childhood vaccination programmes, including the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) programme.In light of a surge in measles cases in the North West, the UK Health Securi...

  Answered 16 Jul 2025

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