Request

FOI-02559 confirmed 445 claims to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme had met the criteria for causation but failed to satisfy the condition of 60% disability so not considered disabled enough to receive an award. Please can you tell me of the 445 claims:

1. How many were assessed as having at least 20% disability?

2. How many were assessed as having at least 50% disability?

Our response

I can confirm that the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) holds the information you have requested. The information is enclosed in this response.

All data as of 31 January 2025. All data relates to claims received by the NHSBSA and those transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on 1 November 2021. All figures provided relate to COVID-19 vaccines only.

Claimants are provided with a clinical assessment report, explaining how the medical assessor reached their decision. In the medical assessment report, level of disablement is sometimes reported as a range.

Where the medical assessor has reported the vaccinated person’s disability as a range, we've used the upper number reported to categorise the claim. This data must therefore be interpreted as a guide only, because it is not possible to determine the accurate number of claims in each category.

Question 1 - How many were assessed as having at least 20% disability?

Of the 445 claims which met the criteria for causation, 180 were assessed as having a level of disablement between 20% to 49%.

Question 2 - How many were assessed as having at least 50% disability?

Of the 445 claims which met the criteria for causation, 10 were assessed as having a level of disablement above 50%.

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