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Vaccine Damage Payment Act

Volume 447: debated on Friday 16 June 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claims under the Vaccine Damage Payment Act 1979 were made in each year since 2000; and how many were successful. (76172)

The number of claims received and successful payments made under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979, in each financial year since April 2000 is as follows:

1 April to 31 March

Number of claims received

Number of claims successful

2000-01

205

0

2001-02

146

2

2002-03

417

5

2003-04

165

4

2004-05

111

4

2005-06

106

4

2006-07 (to 7 June 2006)

14

2

Total

1,164

21

Source: Vaccine Damage Payments Unit Database