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Infected Blood Inquiry — 385 mentions in Parliament since Sep 2017

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Written Question Commons
26 Mar 2026
Haemophilia: Databases
Clive Efford Labour → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration he has given to supporting the National Haemophilia Database through additional central funding.

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care It is crucial we protect the safety of haemophilia care, and the Government is committed to implementing recommendation 9 of the 2024 Infected Blood Inquiry report.The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, such... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
26 Mar 2026
Infected Blood Inquiry
Clive Efford Labour → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress is being made in replacing plasma-derived products with recombinant coagulation factor products, where clinically appropriate, in accordance with Recommendation 9 of the Infected Bloo

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care It is crucial we protect the safety of haemophilia care, and the Government is committed to implementing recommendation 9 of the 2024 Infected Blood Inquiry report.The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, such... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
26 Mar 2026
Haemophilia: Health Services
Clive Efford Labour → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on establishing functioning multi-disciplinary networks to ensure best practice is followed in the treatment and care of haemophilia.

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care It is crucial we protect the safety of haemophilia care, and the Government is committed to implementing recommendation 9 of the 2024 Infected Blood Inquiry report.The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, such... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
26 Mar 2026
Haemophilia: Health Services
Clive Efford Labour → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps have been taken to address funding shortfalls and inequities between haemophilia centres around the UK, identified by 2024-25 peer review of haemophilia care.

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care It is crucial we protect the safety of haemophilia care, and the Government is committed to implementing recommendation 9 of the 2024 Infected Blood Inquiry report.The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, such... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
26 Mar 2026
Infected Blood Inquiry
Clive Efford Labour → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps have been taken towards implementing Recommendation 9 of the Infected Blood Inquiry.

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care It is crucial we protect the safety of haemophilia care, and the Government is committed to implementing recommendation 9 of the 2024 Infected Blood Inquiry report.The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, such... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
13 May 2025
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
Clive Efford Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the commitments he made when giving evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry on 7 May 2025, when he plans to respond to the five areas of compensation regulations following his review.

Government answer
Cabinet Office As I said in my oral evidence to the Inquiry, I am open to considering a number of areas of the Scheme where doing so does not cause undue delay to the delivery of compensation. The Inquiry will be producing a further report and the Government will respon... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
13 May 2025
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
Clive Efford Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme, if he will review the supplementary route for people for whom the impact of their viruses and their treatments are not fully captured by the core route t

Government answer
Cabinet Office The Infected Blood Inquiry Response Expert Group provided advice on the design of infection severity bands for the core route. They considered the health impacts and treatments that applicants are likely to have experienced. This includes many side effect... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
13 May 2025
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
Clive Efford Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry on 7 May 2025, whether he intends to review (a) the compensation regulations and (b) the tariffs.

Government answer
Cabinet Office As I said in my oral evidence to the Inquiry, I am open to considering a number of areas of the Scheme where doing so does not cause undue delay to the delivery of compensation. The Inquiry will be producing a further report and the Government will respon... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
13 May 2025
Blood: Contamination
Clive Efford Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the tariffs for people infected with Hepatitis C through contaminated blood products.

Government answer
Cabinet Office The impact of a Hepatitis infection can range from very mild to very severe, including liver failure and death as a direct result of the infection. In its second interim report, the Infected Blood Inquiry recommended that the compensation scheme should re... Read full answer →