Written questions

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

Commons · Question 46260 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 28 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

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

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds, 28 Apr 2025

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...