Parliamentary Activity

Infected Blood Inquiry — 341 mentions in Parliament since Sep 2017

Written Ministerial Statement Lords
23 Oct 2025
Infected Blood Victims: Interim Compensation Payments

My Rt Hon. Friend, the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, has today made the following statement:On 9 July 2025 the Infected Blood Inquiry published its Additional Report on Compensation. The Inquiry...

Full statement
Cabinet Office My Rt Hon. Friend, the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, has today made the following statement:On 9 July 2025 the Infected Blood Inquiry published its Additional Report on Compensation. The Inquiry... Read full answer →
Written Ministerial Statement Lords
15 Sep 2025
Appointing the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Technical Expert Group

My Right Honourable friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, has today made the following statement:On 21st July, I updated the House that the Government would be bringing forward further regulations to re...

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Cabinet Office My Right Honourable friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, has today made the following statement:On 21st July, I updated the House that the Government would be bringing forward further regulations to re... Read full answer →
Hansard Debate Lords
24 Jul 2025
Infected Blood Inquiry: Additional Report

Lords Chamber

Written Question Lords
10 Jul 2025
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
Lord Patten Conservative → Cabinet Office

To ask His Majesty's Government what are the reasons for the delays in the compensation payments which are due to those affected by infected blood following the Infected Blood Inquiry; and who is responsible for them.

Government answer
Cabinet Office The delivery of compensation is a matter for the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA). IBCA has opened the service to those who are living with infection, registered with a support scheme, and prioritising those who are nearing the end of their li... Read full answer →
Written Ministerial Statement Lords
09 Jul 2025
Infected Blood Inquiry Additional Report

My Right Honourable friend, the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, has today made the following statement:Today, the Infected Blood Inquiry has published an Additional Report. This additional report ...

Full statement
Cabinet Office My Right Honourable friend, the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, has today made the following statement:Today, the Infected Blood Inquiry has published an Additional Report. This additional report ... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
25 Jun 2025
Blood: Contamination
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Crossbench → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask His Majesty's Government how many victims of contaminated blood in the UK were infected with hepatitis D in addition to hepatitis B; and how this has affected their prognosis.

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The work undertaken so far to address the issues regarding contaminated blood in the United Kingdom has been related to the hepatitis C and HIV infections.The Infected Blood Inquiry, in its Expert Report to the Infected Blood Inquiry: Statistics noted in ... Read full answer →
Hansard Debate Lords
21 May 2025
Infected Blood Inquiry: Government Response

Lords Chamber

Written Ministerial Statement Lords
14 Mar 2025
Government Response to Infected Blood Inquiry 13 March Announcement

My Right Honourable friend the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, has today made the following statement:Yesterday, the Infected Blood Inquiry set out its intention to publish an additional report. T...

Full statement
Cabinet Office My Right Honourable friend the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, has today made the following statement:Yesterday, the Infected Blood Inquiry set out its intention to publish an additional report. T... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
24 Feb 2025
Blood: Contamination
Lord Patten Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the number of people who have been infected by contaminated blood since 1980.

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The Department has not made an estimate of the number of patients that became infected after the year 1980, although we have estimates for infections occurring in a wider timeframe. The Department used the principle number presented by the Infected Blood ... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
24 Feb 2025
Blood: Contamination
Lord Patten Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of people infected by contaminated blood products since 1980 who are still alive.

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The Department has not made an estimate of the number of patients that became infected after the year 1980, although we have estimates for infections occurring in a wider timeframe. The Department used the principle number presented by the Infected Blood ... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
07 Feb 2025
Public Inquiries

To ask His Majesty's Government how many public inquiries chaired by a judge since 2015 (1) had within their terms of reference the power to recommend individual compensation payments, and did so; (2) did not have the power within their terms of reference

Government answer
Cabinet Office The terms of reference for a public inquiry determine an inquiry’s scope. Since 2015, none of the terms of reference for public inquiries (whether or not led by a judicial chair) have specifically required an inquiry to make recommendations related to com... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
07 Feb 2025
Government Departments: Reviews

To ask His Majesty's Government how many departmental reviews since 2015 (1) had within their terms of reference the power to recommend individual compensation payments, and did so; (2) did not have the power within their terms of reference to recommend c

Government answer
Cabinet Office The terms of reference for a public inquiry determine an inquiry’s scope. Since 2015, none of the terms of reference for public inquiries (whether or not led by a judicial chair) have specifically required an inquiry to make recommendations related to com... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
07 Feb 2025
Public Inquiries

To ask His Majesty's Government how many public inquiries with a non-judicial chair since 2015 (1) had within their terms of reference the power to recommend individual compensation payments, and did so; (2) did not have the power within their terms of re

Government answer
Cabinet Office The terms of reference for a public inquiry determine an inquiry’s scope. Since 2015, none of the terms of reference for public inquiries (whether or not led by a judicial chair) have specifically required an inquiry to make recommendations related to com... Read full answer →
Written Ministerial Statement Lords
17 Dec 2024
End of year update on the government response to the Infected Blood Inquiry recommendations
Baroness Twycross Labour → Cabinet Office

My Right Honourable friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, has todaymade the following statement:The Infected Blood Inquiry’s final report was published on 20 May 2024 and made 12 recommendations. The recommendatio...

Full statement
Cabinet Office My Right Honourable friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, has todaymade the following statement:The Infected Blood Inquiry’s final report was published on 20 May 2024 and made 12 recommendations. The recommendatio... Read full answer →
Written Ministerial Statement Lords
26 Nov 2024
Consultation on proposals to regulate NHS managers
Baroness Merron Labour → Department of Health and Social Care

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Wes Streeting MP) has made the following statement:Ensuring strong and accountable NHS leadership will be critical to fixing a broken NHS and delivering our Health Mission. We know the im...

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Department of Health and Social Care My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Wes Streeting MP) has made the following statement:Ensuring strong and accountable NHS leadership will be critical to fixing a broken NHS and delivering our Health Mission. We know the im... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
13 Nov 2024
Blood Transfusions
Earl Howe Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the recommendations in the Infected Blood Inquiry report, what assessment they have made of the safety and efficacy of modern plasma-derived therapies.

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The Government is considering Sir Brian Langstaff’s recommendations, including recommendation 9 that relates to the use of alternatives to plasma-derived medicines. We will provide an update to Parliament on the progress we are making by the end of the ye... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
13 Nov 2024
Drugs: Regulation
Earl Howe Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications of the recommendations in the Infected Blood Inquiry report for the MHRA as regulator of medicines in the UK.

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care I recognise that the findings of the inquiry’s final report are deeply shocking, and the Government is committed to acting on the findings of the Infected Blood Inquiry.The Government is considering Sir Brian Langstaff’s recommendations, and will provide ... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
13 Nov 2024
Blood Diseases: Medical Treatments
Earl Howe Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask His Majesty's Government how they interpret the phrase "where clinically appropriate" in recommendation 9(e) of the Infected Blood Inquiry report, and how this will preserve patient choice and clinical judgement based on the latest clinical evidenc

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care I recognise that the findings of the inquiry’s final report are deeply shocking, and the Government is committed to acting on the findings of the Infected Blood Inquiry.The Government is considering Sir Brian Langstaff’s recommendations, and will provide ... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
13 Nov 2024
Blood Diseases: Health Services
Earl Howe Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask His Majesty's Government how they intend to implement recommendation 9(e) of the Infected Blood Inquiry report while maintaining consistency with existing NHS England commissioning guidelines, continuing to improve standards of care and quality of

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care I recognise that the findings of the inquiry’s final report are deeply shocking, and the Government is committed to acting on the findings of the Infected Blood Inquiry.The Government is considering Sir Brian Langstaff’s recommendations, and will provide ... Read full answer →
Written Ministerial Statement Lords
24 Oct 2024
Update on Interim Compensation Payments for Victims of Infected Blood

My Right Honourable friend the Pay Master General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, has today made the following statement:"In May, the Infected Blood Inquiry produced its final report and the country heard the full extent ...

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Cabinet Office My Right Honourable friend the Pay Master General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, has today made the following statement:"In May, the Infected Blood Inquiry produced its final report and the country heard the full extent ... Read full answer →
Hansard Debate Lords
15 Oct 2024
Infected Blood Inquiry

Lords Chamber

Written Ministerial Statement Lords
10 Oct 2024
Infected Blood Compensation Authority Independent Member Appointments
Baroness Twycross Labour → Cabinet Office

My Right Honourable friend, the Pay Master General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, has today made the following statement:I should like to inform the House that I have appointed three interim Non-Executive Board Me...

Full statement
Cabinet Office My Right Honourable friend, the Pay Master General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, has today made the following statement:I should like to inform the House that I have appointed three interim Non-Executive Board Me... Read full answer →
Hansard Debate Lords
30 Jul 2024
Infected Blood Inquiry

Lords Chamber

Hansard Debate Lords
22 May 2024
Infected Blood Inquiry: Compensation Scheme

Lords Chamber

Written Question Lords
22 May 2024
Blood: Contamination

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Infected Blood Inquiry: The Report published on 20 May, when infected and affected people will receive new interim compensation payments; and when full compensation payments will be made.

Government answer
Cabinet Office It is the Government’s intention for the first interim payments of £210,000 to the living infected to be delivered within 90 days, to begin in summer. Full Compensation Scheme payments will be made as quickly as possible and our aim is that payments will ... Read full answer →