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Infected Blood Inquiry — 341 mentions in Parliament since Sep 2017

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07 Apr 2025
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
Steve Witherden Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme to distinguish between people subjected to deliberate, non-consensual trials and other people.

Government answer
Cabinet Office The Infected Blood Inquiry Report highlights many ethical failings that happened as part of the Infected Blood Scandal. The impact of these ethical failings on infected people has been recognised in the compensation scheme's core autonomy award. In his su... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
07 Apr 2025
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
Steve Witherden Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what evidential basis the level of compensation for people with (a) Hepatitis C and (b) haemophiliacs infected with HIV under the Infected Blood Compensation scheme was determined.

Government answer
Cabinet Office As recommended by the Inquiry, the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme has been designed as a tariff-based framework. The proposed tariffs were developed on the advice of the Infected Blood Inquiry Response Expert Group, which included clinical and legal a... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
07 Apr 2025
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
Steve Witherden Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of recognising mono-HCV haemophiliacs as a separate cohort under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.

Government answer
Cabinet Office In March, Parliament approved the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025, which established the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme in full and gave the Infected Blood Compensation Authority the powers it needs to begin making payments to all ... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
07 Apr 2025
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
Steve Witherden Labour → Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people will be eligible for compensation under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme in (a) Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr constituency, (b) Wales and (c) the UK.

Government answer
Cabinet Office Due to the nature of the Infected Blood scandal there is uncertainty over the number of people who might be eligible for compensation. The final number of eligible people will ultimately depend on the number of victims who come forward. While there is no ... Read full answer →
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