Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 46260

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 28 April 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how infected blood compensation claims involving co-infection with HIV and hepatitis viruses will account for the earlier date of hepatitis infection when calculating compensation.

Answer

Nick Thomas-Symonds
For people co-infected with HIV and Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C, compensation will be calculated from the date of the first infection. If it is not possible to establish when someone was first infected, the Infected Blood Compensation Authority will use th...

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