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VACCINE DAMAGE PAYMENTS

What is it? | Basic qualifying conditions | How much could I get and how am I paid | How and when should I apply?

What is it?

People who are severely disabled due to a vaccination against specific diseases may receive a one-off Vaccine Damage Payment of £120,000.

Basic qualifying conditions

To qualify for a Vaccine Damage Payment, the customer must be at least 60% mentally or physically disabled due to a vaccination against :

Claims can also be made on the basis of -

The disabled person must also satisfy these conditions -

How much could I get and how am I paid

The scheme provides a tax-free lump sum of £120,000.

Payments are made to a trustee if the disabled person is -

If the disabled person lives with the family the parents may be appointed trustees.

Effect on other benefits

Your Vaccine Damage Payment can affect other benefits. The effect the payment will have depends on a number of things, including whether the payment is put into a trust and payments made from that trust. You should let your local Social Security office know if a Vaccine Damage Payment has been awarded.

How and when should I apply?

The claim must be made at any time before the customer's 21st birthday, or, if they have died, the date on which they would have attained that age, or up to 6 years after the date of the vaccination; whichever date is later.

To request a Vaccine Damage Payment claim form, write to :

Vaccine Damage Payments Unit
Palatine House
Lancaster Road
PRESTON
PR1 1HB

You can call the Vaccine Damage Payments Unit on :

Lines are open from 8.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Thursday, and from 8.30am to 4.30pm on Friday. Or you can download a claim form at www.direct.gov.uk/disability-vdpclaim
Downloadable Documents
Acrobat PDF FileSection 1 - Benefits Information Guide (78 kb)
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