Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 41389

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

Tabled: 26 March 2025

Answered: 8 April 2025

Named Day

Question

Sir Christopher Chope

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason applicants seeking mandatory reversal of decisions made by the NHSBSA on vaccine damage claims are required as a precondition to adduce fresh evidence without which no mandatory rev

Answer

Ashley Dalton

If a claimant to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) wants to challenge a decision about their claim, they can ask for the decision to be reviewed. This is known as a ‘mandatory reversal’.In accordance with the legislation which governs the VDPS, whe...

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