Thank you for your request for information about the following:

‘Dear NHS Business Services Authority,

1) Please can you provide a break down of the ages of those making a claim to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme for a injury due to a Covid 19 vaccine, by the following age ranges

0 to 17, 18 to 29, 30 to 39, 40 to 49, 50 to 59, 60 to 65, 66 onwards. ?

2) Please can you provide a break down of ages of those awarded a Vaccine Damage Payment for a Covid 19 vaccine in the age ranges as above?

3) Please can you provide a breakdown of the ages of those who have received a decision where causation has been accepted but the 60% criteria has not been met in the age ranges as above?

4) How many of the claims for those aged 0- 17 years have received an outcome?

All requests are for claims made due a Covid 19 vaccine.

Please provide the information based on the latest data you hold.’

Your request was received on 14 October 2023 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Response

All data as of 16 October 2023. All data relates to claims received by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) and those transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on 1 November 2021. All figures provided for questions 1 to 4 relate to COVID-19 vaccines.

Fewer than five

Please be aware that I have decided not to release the full details where the total number of patients falls below five. This is because the patients could be identified, when combined with other information that may be in the public domain or reasonably available. This information falls under the exemption in section 40 subsections 2 and 3 (a) of the Freedom of Information Act. This is because it would breach the first data protection principle as:  

a - it is not fair to disclose claimant personal details to the world and is likely to cause damage or distress. b - these details are not of sufficient interest to the public to warrant an intrusion into the privacy of the claimant.  

Please click the below web link to see the exemption in full.  

www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/40   

Breach of Patient confidentiality

Please note that the identification of claimants is also a breach of the common law duty of confidence. A claimant who has been identified could make a claim against the NHSBSA for the disclosure of the confidential information.  

The information requested is therefore being withheld as it falls under the exemption in section 41(1) ‘Information provided in confidence’ of the Freedom of Information Act.  

Please click the below web link to see the exemption in full.  

www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/41   

Question 1

A copy of the information is attached.

Please be advised following the disclosure of previous FOI 01440, whereby the figure for vaccinated person's age range was 0 – 17 at the time of claim registration was 29, this figure has only increased by fewer than 5 at the time your request was received on 14 October 2023.

Question 2

A copy of the information is attached.

Question 3

A copy of the information is attached.

Question 4

11 claims where the vaccinated person's age range at the time of claim registration was 0 – 17 have been notified of an outcome.

Data Queries

If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

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http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement:

“NHSBSA Copyright 2023” This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence:

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Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.

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