Infected Blood Compensation Scheme — Written Question

Question

Ian Sollom

Liberal Democrat — St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of infected blood victims who (a) are not registered with a compensation scheme, (b) fall outside the cut-off dates but are eligible for compensation an

Answer

Nick Thomas-Symonds

Due to the nature of the Infected Blood scandal there is uncertainty over the number of people who might be eligible for compensation. Early estimates made within the Cabinet Office of those who are infected were that there are approximately 8,500 to 16,5...

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