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

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
Report Module 4: Vaccines and Therapeutics 16 Apr 2026
Responsible Bodies
Department for Work and Pensions Primary
Last formal update 16 Apr 2026