Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 72708

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025

Question

Jess Brown-Fuller

Liberal DemocratChichester

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the differing compensation payments for deceased infected blood scandal victims based on whether they contracted HIV or Hepatitis C.

Answer

Nick Thomas-Symonds
The impact of a Hepatitis infection can range from very mild to very severe, including liver failure and death as a direct result of the infection. In its second interim report, the Infected Blood Inquiry recommended that the compensation scheme should re...

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