§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Sercretary of State for Social Services how many, and what proportion, of the claims received for payment under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1980 arose from damage from the pertussis vaccine, and how many from other vaccines; and if he will specify which they were. 256W Manpower Services Commission courses, (iii) were referred to home employment offices for placing and (iv) who left for other reasons in the years 1975 to 1980; and, for each year, how many found work soon after being placed on waiting lists or offered places on re-establishment courses.
§ Mr. RossiInformation in respect of all men with homes in the metropolition county of Merseyside or in Liverpool who attend re-establishment courses could not be obtained without disproportionate cost. However, the figures which are available for the Fazakerley re-establishment centre, which is the only centre in the Merseyside social security region and is used solely by men from that region, are set out in the table below.
§ Sir George YoungThe vaccination categories of 2,606 of the 2,705 claims received up to 10 April 1981 are as follows:
Claims associated with Pertussis vaccine: 2081 Claims Triple 981 Triple and polio 734 Triple and smallpox 19 Triple and measles 5 Triple polio and measles 8 Triple polio and smallpox 10 Triple measles and smallpox 1 Triple polio measles and smallpox 2 Pertussis 189 Pertussis and smallpox 2 Pertussis and polio 5 Pertussis and diphtheria 13 Pertussis diphtheria and polio 79 Pertussis measles tetanus and diphtheria 4 Pertussis measles and smallpox 1 Pertussis diphtheria smallpox and measles 4 Pertussis polio and tetanus 2 Pertussis diphtheria and rubella 1 Pertussis polio diphtheria and measles 2 All prescribed diseases 19 257W
Claims not associated with Petussis vaccine: 525 Claims Diphtheria 39 Polio 129 Polio and smallpox 3 Polio and tetanus 1 Provocation polio 3 BCG 26 Measles 89
Claims Rubella 12 Tetanus 1 Smallpox 190 Diphtheria tetanus and polio 22 Diphtheria tetanus and rubella 10