§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether a computer is used to store any information that is given on the application form for a vaccine damage payment; and which information is regularly collated.
§ Mr. LyellInformation given on vaccine damage payment claim forms is not stored on computer but information about the country and year of vaccination and the age of people awarded vaccine damage payments is regularly collected and collated by clerical means.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will give for each five-year period since 1957 the number of vaccine damage payments made;
Estimates of National Insurance contributions payable in 1986–87 (Great Britain)
Primary Class 1 contributions Secondary Class 1 contributions Total Class 1 contributions Self-employed contributions (Classes 2 and 4) £ million £ million £ million £ million Total amount due 11,700 13,100 24,800 720 Amount due in respect of contracted out employees 6,400 6,800 13,200 million million million Estimated number of contracted out employees 9.6 9.6 9.6 It is estimated that if the upper earnings limit for employees' class 1 national insurance contributions were
332W(2) if he will give for each five-year period since 1957 the number of children who the claimant stated were vaccinated during the period and subsequently received a vaccine damage payment.
§ Mr. LyellThe information requested is set out in the table:
Period Number of Vaccinations resulting in payment Number of payment made1 1957–61 132 Nil 1962–66 208 Nil 1967–71 218 Nil 1972–76 128 Nil 1977–81 52 678 1982–86 12 155 750 2833 Notes: 1 The Vaccine Damage Payments scheme was first introduced in 1978 and allowed claims in respect of vaccinations carried out on or after 5 July 1948. 2 Includes 83 payments in respect of vaccinations before 1957.