§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many applications for vaccine damage payments have been rejected on the grounds that they were made after the expiry date.
§ Mr. WhitneyAt 30 May 1986, the latest date for which information is available, 49 claims were rejected because the claim was made outside the six-year time limit laid down by the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979.