Thank you for your request for information about the following:

Request

‘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.’

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 12 July 2024.

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.

Our response

All data as of 15 July 2024. 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 data is attached.

Question 2

A copy of the data is attached.

Following the disclosure of your previous request (FOI-01804), claims in the following age ranges have not changed:

0 to 17

Following the disclosure of your previous request (FOI-01804), claims in the following age ranges increased by fewer than five and therefore we have decided not to release the full details:

18 to 29

30 to 39

50 to 59

FOI-01804 is available at: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01804

Question 3

A copy of the data is attached for claims that were unsuccessful because, although the claims met the criteria for causation, the independent medical assessor recommended that the vaccine has not caused severe disablement. Under the VDPS, severe disablement means at least 60% disabled, based on Schedule 2 of The Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982.

Following the disclosure of your previous request (FOI-01804), the number of claims for the following age range has increased by fewer than five and therefore we have decided not to release full details:

0 to 17

FOI-01804 is available at: https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01804

Question 4

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

Please be advised that the figure of 30 which was previously disclosed in FOI 01804 was incorrect due to a calculation error.

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.

Reusing the data and copyright

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data, please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:

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 2024”. Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.