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:
No formal government response has been recorded for this recommendation. No independent verification has been carried out.
Sources
Progress update (2026-04-16): Awaiting Response
Status: Pending. No government response yet received. Module 4 report published 16 April 2026.
Source: https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/documents/
How was this evidence gathered?
Evidence searched by baseline-data-v1 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
Response
No ResponseNo government response recorded.
Progress Timeline
Official Report
16 Apr 2026
Status: Pending. No government response yet received. Module 4 report published 16 April 2026.
Responsible Bodies
Department for Work and Pensions
Primary
Themes & Tags
Last formal update
16 Apr 2026