§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, for each vaccine or combination of vaccines, if he will express the number of vaccine damage payments, in each year for which figures are available, as a rate of one per thousand children given the vaccine or combination of vaccines.
§ Mr. John PattenI regret that the information to calculate rates in the form requested is not available, but I shall write to the right hon. Member as soon as suitable data can be assembled to give an indication of the situation.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the number of vaccine damage payments made in each year since the scheme came into operation, categorising them according to the vaccine or combination of vaccines thought to have caused the damage; and if he will distinguish between awards made by his Department and by tribunals.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information is as follows:
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1979 and 1980* 1981 1982 1983† Vaccine or combination of vaccines Awards by Secretary of State Awards by Vaccine Damage Tribunal Awards by Secretary of State Awards by Vaccine Damage Tribunal Awards by Secretary of State Awards by Vaccine Damage Tribunal Awards by Secretary of State Awards by Vaccine Damage Tribunal All prescribed diseases — — — — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — Total 338 266 11 63 18 24 5 10 * Separate Figures for these years are not available. † To 11 July. ‡Disablement through contact with third persons who was vaccinated against polio.