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1719432

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to (a) review and (b) expand the criteria for the vaccine damage payment scheme.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	27170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>All routine policy, including the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS), is reviewed on a regular basis. My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is currently considering aspects of the scheme, following recent meetings with interested stakeholders.</p><p>Separately, work is underway with the scheme’s administrator, the NHS Business Service Authority, to review processes and make administrative changes to improve the scheme within the current legislative framework. Formal consideration of whether any reforms of the VDPS are necessary will form part of Module 4 of the COVID-19 Inquiry, chaired by the Rt Hon Baroness Heather Carol Hallett DBE.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 23/05/2024 12:55:14 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1718442

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to undertake a (a) review of and (b) public consultation on the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	26628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>All routine policy, including the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS), is reviewed on a regular basis. My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is currently looking into aspects of the scheme, following recent meetings with interested stakeholders.</p><p>Separately, work is underway with the scheme’s administrator, the NHS Business Service Authority, to review processes and make administrative changes, to improve the scheme within the current legislative framework. Formal consideration of whether any reforms to the VDPS are necessary will form part of Module 4 of the COVID-19 Inquiry, chaired by the Rt Hon Baroness Heather Carol Hallett DBE.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 26322 26635 26636 question first answered 22/05/2024 10:43:11 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1718550

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the vaccine damage payment scheme at assessing (a) claims related to covid-19 vaccines and (b) other claims.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	26635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>All routine policy, including the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS), is reviewed on a regular basis. My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is currently looking into aspects of the scheme, following recent meetings with interested stakeholders.</p><p>Separately, work is underway with the scheme’s administrator, the NHS Business Service Authority, to review processes and make administrative changes, to improve the scheme within the current legislative framework. Formal consideration of whether any reforms to the VDPS are necessary will form part of Module 4 of the COVID-19 Inquiry, chaired by the Rt Hon Baroness Heather Carol Hallett DBE.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 26322 26628 26636 question first answered 22/05/2024 10:43:11 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1718551

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will require a review of the effectiveness of the vaccine damage payment scheme.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	26636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>All routine policy, including the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS), is reviewed on a regular basis. My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is currently looking into aspects of the scheme, following recent meetings with interested stakeholders.</p><p>Separately, work is underway with the scheme’s administrator, the NHS Business Service Authority, to review processes and make administrative changes, to improve the scheme within the current legislative framework. Formal consideration of whether any reforms to the VDPS are necessary will form part of Module 4 of the COVID-19 Inquiry, chaired by the Rt Hon Baroness Heather Carol Hallett DBE.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 26322 26628 26635 question first answered 22/05/2024 10:43:11 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1718552

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the operation of the vaccine damage payment scheme.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	26637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care meets regularly with other Cabinet colleagues to discuss a variety of issues, including vaccines.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 22/05/2024 10:38:21 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1713578

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the administration of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme cost the NHS Business Services Authority in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	23366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) administers the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, on behalf of the Department. Administration costs for the scheme were £600,000, £8.8 million, and £16.1 million for April 2021 to March 2022, April 2022 to March 2023, and April 2023 to March 2024, respectively. Payments made by the NHSBSA for the provision of medical records totalled £1,200, £72,000, and £73,100, for the same periods. The figures are provided to the nearest decimal place.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 01/05/2024 11:00:43 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 31242 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1686815

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many claims on (a) MMR, (b) Covid-19 and (c) all other vaccinations have been made to the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme in each of the last three years; and how many of each are awaiting a decision as of 1 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	12505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>In 2021 there were 27 claims related to measles, mumps or rubella (MMR) received by the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS), one of which is still awaiting a decision as of 1 February 2024. Additionally in 2021, 616 claims were received relating to COVID-19, with 42 still awaiting an outcome as of 1 February 2024. 43 claims were received for all other diseases covered by the Vaccine Damage Payment Act (VDPA) 1979, and in this category, seven applications were awaiting an outcome as of 1 February 2024.</p><p>In 2022 there were 19 claims related to MMR received by the VDPS, one of which is still awaiting a decision as of 1 February 2024. Furthermore in 2022, 2723 claims were received relating to COVID-19 with 266 still awaiting an outcome as of 1 February 2024. 86 claims were received for all other diseases covered by the VDPA 1979, and of these, 12 applications were still awaiting an outcome as of 1 February 2024.</p><p>In 2023 there were five claims related to MMR received by the VDPS, one of which is still awaiting a decision as of 1 February 2024. In this same year, 5383 claims were received relating to COVID-19 with 3519 still awaiting an outcome on 1 February 2024. 222 claims were received for all other diseases covered by the VDPA 1979, and of these, 139 applications were still awaiting an outcome as of 1 February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/02/2024 16:52:23 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 16013 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1683520

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was between submissions and decisions by the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme for (a) general claims and (b) mandatory reversals in each year between 2019 and 2023.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	10570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care requested the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) transfer to the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) from the Department for Work and Pensions from 1 November 2021. The average claim waiting times before November 2021 has therefore been calculated based on the data transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions to NHSBSA.</p><p> </p><p>Of the claims concluded in 2019, the average number of days for an outcome to be communicated to the claimant was 120. It was 159 days for claims concluded in 2020, 306 days in 2021, 288 days in 2022, and 298 days in 2023.</p><p> </p><p>For mandatory reversals concluded in each year, the average number of days for an outcome to be communicated to the claimant was 75 in 2019, 67 in 2020, 103 in 2021, and 182 in 2023. There were no mandatory reversal requests that reached an outcome in 2022.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 25/01/2024 09:59:52 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1683521

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (a) claims and (b) mandatory reversals were successful in each year between 2019 and 2023.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	10571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care requested the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) transfer to the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) from the Department for Work and Pensions from 1 November 2021. Average claim waiting times before November 2021 has therefore been calculated based on the data transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions to NHSBSA.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 27 VDPS claims concluded in 2019, none were successful. In 2020, of 26 claims concluded, none were successful. In 2021, of 41 claims concluded, none were successful. In 2022, of 480 claims concluded, 33 or 6.88% were successful. In 2023, of 4008 claims concluded, 128 or 3.19% were successful.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019, of seven concluded requests for a mandatory reversal on a decision reached on a concluded VDPS claim, no claims were successful. In 2020, of two concluded mandatory reversals, one was successful. In 2021, of four concluded mandatory reversals, no claims were successful. In 2022, no mandatory reversals were concluded. In 2023, of 187 concluded mandatory reversals, seven claims or 3.74% were successful.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 25/01/2024 10:10:35 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1660814

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many claims under the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme have been received between October 2021 and September 2023; how many of these claims relate to vaccines for (a) Covid-19 and (b) other illnesses; and how many claims are still awaiting a final decision per vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	199535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>From 1 October 2021 to 1 September 2023, the NHS Business Services Authority has received 6,809 claims relating to COVID-19 vaccinations, and 251 claims relating to vaccines for other illnesses.</p><p>Of these claims, 3,933 are currently awaiting a final decision; of which, 3,796 are related to vaccines for COVID-19 and 137 are related to vaccines for other illnesses. These 137 are broken down per vaccine as follows:</p><p>- 35 are adult flu</p><p>- 33 are unidentified/unclear due to multiple types of vaccinations</p><p>- 17 are diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and haemophilus influenzae type b (DTaP/IPV/Hib)</p><p>- 15 are measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)</p><p>- 9 are human papillomavirus (HPV)</p><p> </p><p>The following vaccines have received fewer than five claims and the exact amount cannot be disclosed as this information may make individuals personally identifiable in the public domain:</p><p>- Influenza</p><p>- Swine flu (Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009)</p><p>- Polio (Poliomyelitis - orally administered)</p><p>- Unidentified/unclear</p><p>- Haemophilus influenzae type b, meningococcal group C (Hib/Men C)</p><p>- Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)</p><p>- Meningococcal group C (Men C, Men ACWY)</p><p>- Pneumococcal (PCV)</p><p>- Tuberculosis (TB)</p><p>- Tetanus</p><p>- Mumps</p><p>- Meningococcal group B (Men B)</p><p>- Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio (DTaP/IPV)</p><p>- Rubella (German measles)</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 19/09/2023 14:36:20 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope