§ Ian StewartTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many payments have been made under the vaccine damage payment scheme in each year since 1995. [72941]
§ Maria EagleThe information is in the table. Column 2 refers to payments made under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979. Column 3 refers to extra-statutory payments made to past recipients of Vaccine Damage Payments to bring the real value of their original payment up to the current payment level of £100,000.
Financial Year Vaccine Damage payments Vaccine Damage Top up Payments 1995–96 4 1996–97 5 1997–98 3 1998–99 0 1999–00 4 2000–01 4 792 2001–02 3 103 2002–03 to date 1 1