Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2023 to Question 152186 on Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, how many of the claims (a) awarded and (b) rejected were for people whose deaths were recorded by coroners as having been caused as a result of a Covid-19 vaccination.

As of 23 February 2023, of the 48 awarded claims relating to the COVID-19 vaccine, 23 were claims made on behalf of a deceased person, and in all cases the deaths were recorded by coroners as having been caused by a COVID-19 vaccination. Of the 890 rejected claims, 52 were made on behalf of a deceased person and in no cases were the deaths recorded by a coroner as having been caused by a COVID-19 vaccination.