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date	12/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	England Infected Blood Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that the infected blood interim payment process for bereaved parents and children is (a) transparent and (b) efficient.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Tom Randall
uin	21275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>On 17th April, the Government tabled amendments to the Victims and Prisoners Bill which include a statutory duty to make interim payments of £100,000 to estates of the deceased infected people who were registered with existing or former support schemes (where previous interim payments have not already been made to infected individuals or their bereaved partners). This is an important step forward to get substantial compensation into the hands of families of victims of infected blood.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 22/04/2024 16:49:46 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4845 label Biography information for Tom Randall

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registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	England Infected Blood Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions (a) he or (b) Ministers in his Department have had with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury regarding ongoing funding of the Infected Blood support scheme payments; and what discussions his Department has had with interested parties regarding financial settlements recommended by Sir Robert Francis in his report.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	157370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>Ongoing funding of the Infected Blood support scheme payments is a matter for the Department of Health and Social Care.</p><p> </p><p>I recognise how important it is that the views of infected and affected people are reflected in Sir Robert’s study. It is for this reason that infected and affected core participants to the Inquiry, and their Recognised Legal Representatives were consulted not only on the Terms of Reference of the study, but also contributed significantly to Sir Robert’s information gathering process. It is my intention to publish the Study and the Government response, in time for the Inquiry and its core participants to consider them before Sir Robert gives evidence to the Inquiry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 27/04/2022 10:03:36 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

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registered interest
date	15/03/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	England Infected Blood Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure individuals and families affected by the contaminated blood scandal are adequately compensated.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	168931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>Work is currently underway across the government on a number of infected blood issues. I will update the House shortly on progress.</p><p>The (then) Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster wrote to the Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry on 2 July 2018, approving legal support funding for people infected, and their families. Details of how to apply for funding are on the Inquiry’s website - <a href="https://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/sites/default/files/2019-09-12%20-%20Amended%20Statement%20of%20Approach%20-%20Legal%20Representation%20at%20Public%20Expense.pdf" target="_blank">Statement of Approach: Legal Representation at Public Expense.</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 168932 168934 question first answered 23/03/2021 17:53:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery