§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many of the vaccine damage payments awards made for vaccinations that the claimant stated took place in 1979 were for vaccinations that were pertussis related.
§ Mr. LyellI refer the right hon. Member to my reply to him on 6 November at column591–593 and in particular to table 2. That indicated 10 awards in respect of vaccinations of any kind stated by the claimant to have taken place in 1979. An answer to the right hon. Member's inquiry about which of these 10 vaccinations were stated by the claimant to have included a pertussis element would nevertheless require a search of all cases that have received awards, because of the way that information is held. I regret that this could only be carried out at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many children were given pertussis vaccinations or vaccinations that included a pertussis element in each of the years 1979 to 1984.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information requested is shown in the following table:
Number of children aged 16 and under vaccinated with pertussis vaccine or a vaccine with a pertussis element England Year Completed primary courses Re-inforcing[...] doses 1979 250,250 6,961 1980 285,561 7,194 1981 320,496 6,446 1982 384,827 9,001 1983 1406,813 6,866 1984 391,669 5,379 1Revised.