Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that applicants under the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme are (a) allocated a named person to be their point of contact and (b) given a monthly report on the progress of their case.

The NHS Business Services Authority is ensuring that each claimant has a limited number of caseworkers assigned to their claim to improve their experience. Claimants are provided with updates at key points as their claims are progressed.