Universal Credit Vaccine Damage Payment Awards 2023-01-23
2023-01-23
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The question stems from a case of vaccine side effects affecting Mrs Ward's eligibility for full vaccine damage payments under the universal credit scheme.
If he will review whether vaccine damage payment awards should be disregarded for the purposes of universal credit. I thank the Minister for meeting me to discuss the case of Mrs Ward, who has been bereaved and whose full vaccine damage payment is means-tested under universal credit despite being disregarded in other systems.
My sympathies go out to Mrs Ward and her family. I can assure him that this matter will be reviewed as it is a cross-Government issue, but it will be resolved by the summer at the latest.
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The question stems from a case of vaccine side effects affecting Mrs Ward's eligibility for full vaccine damage payments under the universal credit scheme.
If he will review whether vaccine damage payment awards should be disregarded for the purposes of universal credit. I thank the Minister for meeting me to discuss the case of Mrs Ward, who has been bereaved and whose full vaccine damage payment is means-tested under universal credit despite being disregarded in other systems.
My hon. Friend Aaron Bell has raised an important matter regarding the case of Mrs Ward, whose bereavement and associated vaccination side effects have led to a means-tested payment under universal credit rather than full compensation as in other systems.
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