Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 7953

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

Tabled: 8 October 2024
Answered: 21 October 2024

Question

Sorcha Eastwood

AllianceLagan Valley

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) claims under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme can be inherited by the families of deceased claimants and (b) people who are unable to receive their payments due t

Answer

Nick Thomas-Symonds
Where a person who would have been eligible to apply to the Scheme as an infected person has tragically died, the personal representatives of the deceased person’s estate can apply for compensation on behalf of the estate of the deceased infected person. ...

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