United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 167993
Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
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17 March 2023
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23 March 2023 · Answer
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23 March 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason 60 per cent disability has to be established to qualify for any payment under the Vaccine Damage Payment Act 1979; and whether he will make it his policy to bring the Act into line
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17 March 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason 60 per cent disability has to be established to qualify for any payment under the Vaccine Damage Payment Act 1979; and whether he will make it his policy to bring the Act into line
Source: Commons
23 March 2023
Answer
The 60% disablement threshold used for the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) is aligned to the definition of ‘severe disablement’ as per the Department for Work and Pensions’ Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit. This is a widely accepted test of di...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-03-17/167993
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1605201
- uk · wq-1605201 · source updated 23 March 2023