Oral Question·Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 16 October 2019Answered: 22 October 2019
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Answer from Hansard
The Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Nick Thomas-Symonds)
The infected blood scandal is one of the gravest injustices in our history, and it is vital that we get final compensation to victims as soon as possible. As of 30 June this year, the Government have paid more than £1 billion in interim compensation to those infected with infected blood products and bereaved partners registered with existing support schemes. The total number of recipients of interim payments across the United Kingdom is 4,606.