Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what efforts are being made to ensure that delayed claims and appeals under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme are being dealt with promptly.

I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s response to the COVID-19 Inquiry Module 4 report on this issue, published on Friday 16 October and available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-government-response-to-the-covid-19-inquiry-module-4-report/uk-government-response-to-the-covid-19-inquiry-module-4-report#recommendation-5

The Government will provide further details in due course, including through the UK COVID-19 Inquiry implementation updates.