Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 86332
Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
Tabled: 29 October 2025
Answered: 4 November 2025
Question
Carla Lockhart
Democratic Unionist Party — Upper Bann
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce waiting times for decisions on applications to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe Department is working with NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), the administrators of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS), to process claims at a faster rate. We have scaled up and modernised VDPS operations through the digitisation of the c...
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