Question follow-through · 72409
Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the (a) scope, (b) eligibility, (c) criteria and (d) compensation level of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 5 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the (a) scope, (b) eligibility, (c) criteria and (d) compensation level of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Sept 2025
Answer published
I would like to reiterate my profound sympathies to all those individuals who have experienced harm following vaccination, and to their families.Ministers continue to consider options for reforming the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS).In parallel, the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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