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Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 86092, how many claimants were awarded a payment under the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme in each financial year since 2021-22.

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
11 Feb 2026
Answer
16 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 9 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 86092, how many claimants were awarded a payment under the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme in each financial year since 2021-22.

  2. 11 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The NHS Business Services Authority is the administrator of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS). The following table shows the total number of awarded claims in each financial year since 2021/22:YearTotal number of VDPS claims awarded2021/2212022/237...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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