Reform Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
COVID-19 Inquiry · Module 4: Vaccines and Therapeutics · Issued 16 April 2026 · Addressed to: Department for Work and Pensions
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry 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.
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Response — verbatim from government
●No formal government response recorded
The Index has not yet recorded a verbatim government response to this recommendation.
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
- 16 Apr 2026 Status: Pending. No government response yet received. Module 4 report published 16 April 2026. Source →
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