COVID-M4.5 Response No Response

Reform Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

Recommendation

The UK government must reform the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme as soon as possible. The reform should include as a minimum: increasing the £120,000 payment, at least in line with inflation to date; subsequently applying annual increases in line with inflation; introducing multiple levels of payment, commensurate with the degree of injury suffered; and any transitional arrangements necessary to provide for fairness between applicants to the existing scheme and applicants to the revised scheme.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
- An implementation status cannot yet be assessed. No government response or recommendation-specific delivery evidence was located by 23 July 2026, so the absence of a published update should not be treated as evidence that implementation has or has not begun.
- The Module 4 report was published on 16 April 2026 and contains five recommendations (UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Module 4: Vaccines and Therapeutics).
- Searches of GOV.UK and Inquiry publications found no government response or recommendation-specific implementation update as at 23 July 2026.
Sources
How was this evidence gathered?
Evidence searched by Codex (GPT-5), production evidence audit 2026-07-23 on 16 Apr 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
External sources searched: covid19.public-inquiry.uk
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
No Response

No government response recorded.

Progress Timeline
Official Report
16 Apr 2026

Status: Pending. No government response yet received. Module 4 report published 16 April 2026.

Source
Source
Inquiry COVID-19 Inquiry
Report Module 4: Vaccines and Therapeutics 16 Apr 2026
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Responsible Bodies
Department for Work and Pensions Primary
Themes & Tags
Inadequate Recognition of Treatment Harm Vaccine Damage Compensation Vdps Patient Rights Reform
Recommendation age 0.3 yrs
Last formal update 16 Apr 2026