Question follow-through · 13773

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on (a) reviewing applications to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme and (b) reviewing cases where a patient has challenged a decision in each of the last 5 years.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 12 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 14 Nov 2024
Answer: 18 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026

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Recorded timeline

12 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on (a) reviewing applications to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme and (b) reviewing cases where a patient has challenged a decision in each of the last 5 years.
14 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions to the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) in November 2021. We cannot provide any costings for the scheme during the period in which it was operated by the Depar...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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29 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13773 on the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, how much his Department spent on legal fees defending against appeals.