§ Mr. HoltTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many perfectly fit babies have been brain-damaged as a result of measles vaccination in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Peter LloydI have been asked to reply.
The information requested is not available. That which is available is in the table.
Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme: Awards made where measles vaccine or a vaccine containing a measles element was the claimed cause of severe disablement: 1979–89 Year Number of awards 11979–80 34 1981 2 1982 3 1983 4 1984 1 1985 — 1986 — 1987 — 1988 — 21989 1 1 Separate figures not available. 2 To 30 June.