Parliamentary activity — Infected Blood Inquiry

Sickle Cell Diseases: Medical Treatments

2 September 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Bell Ribeiro-Addy · Labour Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care

Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the NHS on its policy of informing Sickle Cell patients when they are not given Ro matched blood.

Government answer

Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care

DHSC are working in partnership with NHS Blood and Transplant, NHS England and the National Blood Transfusion Committee to deliver on the recommendations detailed in the infected blood inquiry, which includes improving digital patient records and communications for patients receiving transfusions. A blood genotyping programme has also been introduced, enabling detection of previously undetectable antibodies that could cause complications. To meet the clinical need to provide better matched blood for patients with conditions like sickle cell disorder, NHS Blood and Transplant is actively recruiting donors from Black heritage backgrounds.

Original parliamentary record

Cabinet Office: Calder Conferences

29 August 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Mr Richard Holden · Conservative Answering body: Cabinet Office

Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 64560 on Cabinet Office: Contracts, what venues have been booked through Calder Conferences since 4 July 2024; for what purpose; and at what cost.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

The Cabinet Office’s contract with Calder Conferences Limited to provide Venue Booking Services started in February 2023, under the previous administration.

The below table lists the venues and costs of venues booked by the Cabinet Office through Calder Conferences since 4 July 2024. Of the 223 bookings listed, 198 were commissioned under previous guidance regarding the booking of external venues, and 25 were commissioned following updated guidance issued by this government on 4 April 2025.

To provide further background information on each booking would incur disproportionate costs, but these have included events such as Civil Service Live 2025 and hearings for the Infected Blood Inquiry. These two events account for just over £587,000 of the costs of external venue hires via Calder since 4 April 2025.

This government’s updated guidance on restrictions to booking external venues, issued on 4 April 2025, makes clear that external venues for away days are only to be used when space in government buildings or zero cost venues is unavailable. When it is absolutely necessary to procure an external venue, departments must do so through established procurement routes. Any expenditure related to away days must demonstrate value for money and adhere to reasonable cost expectations.

Bookings commissioned between 04 July 2024 and 4 April 2025

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Start Date

End Date

Venue Name

Venue Address

Value (excl. VAT)

10/07/2024

11/07/2024

Sandy Park Conference and Banqueting Centre Exeter

Exeter EX2

£7,332.63

16/7/2024

The Great Victoria Hotel

Bradford BD1

£291.67

17/7/2024

University of Westminster - Marylebone

London NW1

£192.00

22/7/2024

Leonardo Hotel Manchester Central - Formerly Jurys Inn Manchester

Manchester M1 5

£284.25

30/07/2024

The Wesley Hotel & Conference Venue

London NW1

£825.00

28/08/2024

Radisson Blu Hotel Birmingham

Birmingham B1 1

£345.83

29/08/2024

Townhouse Hotel Manchester

Manchester M1 6

£938.34

09/09/2024

10/09/2024

Park Plaza Leeds

Leeds LS1

£2,250.00

10/09/2024

Park Plaza County Hall London

London SE1

£1,675.00

11/09/2024

The Westminster London, Curio Collection by Hilton

London SW1P

£2,206.00

13/09/2024

Chamber Space

Manchester M3 3

£615.00

17/09/2024

Mary Ward House

London WC1H

£2,445.00

17/09/2024

Radisson Blu Hotel Glasgow

Glasgow G2 8

£250.00

18/09/2024

Clayton Hotel Glasgow City Centre

Glasgow G1 4

£3,750.00

18/09/2024

One Great George Street

London SW1P

£3,453.55

18/09/2024

Royal Station Hotel

Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1

£2,670.67

18/09/2024

The Principal York

York YO24

£747.91

19/09/2024

Clayton Hotel Belfast

Belfast BT2

£166.67

21/09/2024

Hotel Afa

Pristina 1000 Kosovo

£627.70

24/09/2024

Hotel Afa

Pristina 1000 Kosovo

£631.97

24/09/2024

Macdonald Burlington Hotel

Birmingham B2 4

£2,437.50

24/09/2024

The Chesterfield Mayfair Hotel, Red Carnation Hotels

London W1J

£630.00

24/09/2024

Wellington Hotel by Blue Orchid Hospitality

London SW1P

£396.75

25/09/2024

Crowne Plaza Birmingham City Centre

Birmingham B1 1

£487.50

26/09/2024

The Kia Oval

London SE11

£23,147.50

29/09/2024

02/10/2024

Modern City Hotel

Tamale C5Q3

£5,513.02

30/09/2024

Broadway House

London SW1H

£2,250.00

01/10/2024

The Mermaid London

London EC4V

£56,899.00

02/10/2024

04/10/2024

Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham

Birmingham B1 2

£1,233.55

06/10/2024

The Royal Senchi

Akosombo 0 Ghana

£14,679.38

10/10/2024

The Royal Horseguards and One Whitehall Place

London SW1A

£16,365.00

15/10/2024

16/10/2024

Hilton Podgorica Crna Gora

Podgorica 8100 Montenegro

£616.32

17/10/2024

Manchester Marriott Hotel Piccadilly

Manchester M1 2

£11,673.17

17/10/2024

18/10/2024

Wilton Park Conference Centre

Steyning BN44

£13,815.35

22/10/2024

Hilton Podgorica Crna Gora

Podgorica 8100 Montenegro

£670.46

23/10/2024

Park Plaza County Hall London

London SE1

£2,158.00

29/10/2024

31/10/2024

Bianca Resort & Spa

Kolasin 8121 Montenegro

£4,500.25

30/10/2024

Novotel Bristol Centre

Bristol BS1

£770.83

06/11/2024

&Meetings - Birmingham

Birmingham B2 5

£90.00

06/11/2024

08/11/2024

Hilton Leeds City

Leeds LS1

£2,232.96

06/11/2024

The Wesley Hotel & Conference Venue

London NW1

£3,400.00

12/11/2024

13/11/2024

Voco Leicester

Leicester LE2

£2,100.00

13/11/2024

14/11/2024

Central Hall Westminster

London SW1H

£1,176.00

14/11/2024

QEII Centre

London SW1P

£26,253.03

14/11/2024

The Birmingham and Midland Institute

Birmingham B3 3

£2,210.00

15/11/2024

Fermanagh House

Enniskillen BT74

£209.00

15/11/2024

Imperial War Museum

London SE1

£1,380.00

19/11/2024

Radisson Blu Hotel Glasgow

Glasgow G2 8

£1,099.99

20/11/2024

21/11/2024

etc.venues Manchester

Manchester M1 3

£2,480.00

26/11/2024

Hilton York

York YO1

£350.76

28/11/2024

Manchester Central

Manchester M2 3

£26,670.05

03/12/2024

etc.venues County Hall

London SE1

£1,270.00

03/12/2024

08/12/2024

Hilton Podgorica Crna Gora

Podgorica 8100 Montenegro

£4,413.46

04/12/2024

Asia House

London W1G

£3,403.75

04/12/2024

etc.venues Manchester

Manchester M1 3

£900.00

04/12/2024

06/12/2024

Mercure Liverpool Atlantic Tower Hotel

Liverpool L3 9

£2,700.00

04/12/2024

The Studio Birmingham

Birmingham B2 5

£1,760.50

04/12/2024

06/12/2024

The Birmingham Conference & Events Centre at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre

Birmingham B5 4

£3,088.33

05/12/2024

Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel & Spa

Cardiff CF24

£250.00

5/12/2024

The Royal Society

London SW1Y

£2,745.00

05/12/2024

06/12/2024

Avari Hotel Lahore

Punjab Pakistan

£717.72

09/12/2024

10/12/2024

Dunsilly Hotel

Antrim BT41

£2,225.84

09/12/2024

Pendulum Hotel & Manchester Conference Centre

Manchester M1 3

£2,383.33

10/12/2024

11/12/2024

Glasgow Training Rooms

Glasgow G3 8

£1,030.00

10/12/2024

12/12/2024

Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington

London W8 5

£1,204.17

10/12/2024

12/12/2024

Grange Clarendon Hotel

London WC1B

£4,550.00

11/12/2024

IET Birmingham: Austin Court

Birmingham B1 2

£3,080.00

11/12/2024

Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge

London E1 8

£1,725.00

11/12/2024

Prince Philip House

London SW1Y

£921.60

11/12/2024

Royal Hospital Chelsea

London SW3

£197.00

11/12/2024

The Royal Horseguards and One Whitehall Place

London SW1A

£7,795.00

11/12/2024

Townhouse Hotel Manchester

Manchester M1 6

£272.08

12/12/2024

13/12/2024

Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham

Birmingham B1 2

£4,715.01

12/12/2024

The Studio Birmingham

Birmingham B2 5

£1,054.80

13/12/2024

Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge

London E1 8

£1,346.14

18/12/2024

Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel

Bristol BS1

£3,332.48

14/01/2025

16/01/2025

CCT Venues-Smithfield

Smithfield EC1A

£10,327.50

14/01/2025

etc.venues Manchester

Manchester M1 3

£1,410.00

14/01/2025

IET Birmingham: Austin Court

Birmingham B1 2

£740.00

14/01/2025

Marlin Waterloo

London SE1

£445.00

15/01/2025

Church House Westminster

London SW1P

£8,461.50

15/01/2025

Churchill War Rooms

London SW1A

£6,651.15

20/01/2025

22/01/2025

Hilton Podgorica Crna Gora

Podgorica 8100 Montenegro

£768.90

20/01/2025

21/01/2025

Royal Station Hotel

Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1

£1,702.07

20/01/2025

21/01/2025

The Hawkhills

Easingwold YO61

£7,134.17

21/01/2025

etc.venues Manchester

Manchester M1 3

£2,750.00

21/01/2025

Park Inn by Radisson Aberdeen

Aberdeen AB11

£270.83

22/01/2025

The Met Hotel, Leeds

Leeds LS1

£4,691.66

23/01/2025

Church House Westminster

London SW1P

£15,370.00

23/01/2025

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester M2 3

£2,496.40

27/01/2025

30/01/2025

Radisson Blu Hotel, Edinburgh City Centre

Edinburgh EH1

£12,012.51

27/01/2025

29/01/2025

Stanbrook Abbey Hotel

Worcester WR2

£3,113.72

28/01/2025

Design Museum

London W8 6

£10,000.00

28/01/2025

DoubleTree by Hilton London Angel Kings Cross

London N1 9

£2,245.83

29/1/2025

Design Museum

London W8 6

£42,000.00

30/01/2025

Broadway House

London SW1H

£679.60

30/01/2025

Crowne Plaza Birmingham City Centre

Birmingham B1 1

£577.20

30/01/2025

The Union Jack Club

London SE1

£462.71

04/02/2025

Broadway House

London SW1H

£1,089.00

05/02/2025

Central Hall Westminster

London SW1H

£7,467.58

05/02/2025

The Royal Society

London SW1Y

£30,413.25

06/02/2025

Marlin Waterloo

London SE1

£445.00

06/02/2025

Townhouse Hotel Manchester

Manchester M1 6

£428.33

10/02/2025

Broadway House

London SW1H

£823.50

10/02/2025

Broadway House

London SW1H

£1,213.00

11/02/2025

13/02/2025

Novotel Manchester Centre

Manchester M1 4

£416.66

11/02/2025

Townhouse Hotel Manchester

Manchester M1 6

£385.42

12/02/2025

14/02/2025

Crowne Plaza Bandung

Jakarta 4011 Indonesia

£14,580.90

12/02/2025

Hilton Podgorica Crna Gora

Podgorica 8100 Montenegro

£1,891.50

12/02/2025

Royal National Hotel

London WC1H

£6,916.67

12/02/2025

The Wesley Hotel & Conference Venue

London NW1

£3,141.67

13/02/2025

The Kia Oval

London SE11

£24,713.76

14/02/2025

One Birdcage Walk

London SW1H

£2,184.60

18/02/2025

Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury

London WC1N

£9,087.50

18/02/2025

Hotel Splendid Conference and Spa Resort

Becici 8531 Montenegro

£1,078.32

18/02/2025

19/02/2025

Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel

Manchester M1 4

£416.67

19/02/2025

Broadway House

London SW1H

£2,400.50

19/02/2025

21/02/2025

Park Plaza Leeds

Leeds LS1

£12,974.16

20/02/2025

21/02/2025

Hilton Podgorica Crna Gora

Podgorica 8100 Montenegro

£2,662.51

24/02/2025

Clayton Hotel Birmingham & Conference Centre

Birmingham B5 5

£650.00

24/02/2025

26/02/2025

Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta

Jakarta 1031 Indonesia

£7,264.87

25/02/2025

Thistle London Marble Arch

London W1H

£17,474.99

26/02/2025

Ambassadors Bloomsbury Hotel

London WC1H

£3,932.50

27/02/2025

28/02/2025

The Royal Horseguards and One Whitehall Place

London SW1A

£8,481.67

04/03/2025

Broadway House

London SW1H

£2,400.50

04/03/2025

Broadway House

London SW1H

£2,196.00

04/03/2025

Hilton York

York YO1

£733.33

04/03/2025

Lysses House Hotel

Fareham PO16

£250.00

04/03/2025

06/03/2025

Manchester Marriott Hotel Piccadilly

Manchester M1 2

£13,509.75

05/03/2025

Mary Ward House

London WC1H

£8,163.80

05/03/2025

National Museums Liverpool

Liverpool L2 2

£30,384.60

11/03/2025

Bletchley Park

Milton Keynes MK3

£22,084.00

11/03/2025

Churchill War Rooms

London SW1A

£2,190.00

12/03/2025

etc.venues County Hall

London SE1

£550.00

12/03/2025

13/03/2025

The Milner York, formerly The Principal

York YO24

£8,615.01

17/03/2025

Admirable Crichton

London SE5

£2,139.46

18/03/2025

20/03/2025

CCT Venues-Smithfield

Smithfield EC1A

£10,042.00

18/03/2025

21/03/2025

Novotel Leeds Centre

Leeds LS1

£4,646.66

20/03/2025

8 Northumberland Avenue

London WC2N

£21,700.00

20/03/2025

Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham

Birmingham B1 2

£5,100.00

20/03/2025

Marlin Waterloo

London SE1

£495.00

20/03/2025

Radisson Blu Hotel Liverpool

Liverpool L3 9

£725.00

24/03/2025

26/03/2025

Nottingham Venues - The Jubilee Hotel & Conferences

Nottingham NG7

£23,581.97

24/03/2025

The Royal Society

London SW1Y

£6,653.00

25/03/2025

26/03/2025

Broadway House

London SW1H

£2,500.00

25/03/2025

etc.venues Manchester

Manchester M1 3

£2,785.00

25/03/2025

Novotel London Waterloo

London SE1

£678.33

26/03/2025

Amplitude Event Solutions Ltd

Shipley BD18

£7,085.00

26/03/2025

Broadway House

London SW1H

£2,110.00

26/03/2025

Civil Service Club

London SW1A

£1,400.34

26/03/2025

Clayton Hotel Manchester City Centre

Manchester M1 3

£3,404.16

26/03/2025

28/03/2025

Hyatt Place & Hyatt House Leeds

Leeds LS1

£3,741.66

27/03/2025

Delta Hotels by Marriott Liverpool City Centre.

Liverpool L1 1

£583.33

27/03/2025

Malmaison York

York YO90

£4,570.84

31/03/2025

04/04/2025

Clayton Hotel Glasgow City Centre

Glasgow G1 4

£2,666.66

31/03/2025

Marlin Waterloo

London SE1

£755.00

01/04/2025

Body and Soul Charity

London EC1R

£350.00

02/04/2025

Central Hall Westminster

London SW1H

£12,858.50

02/04/2025

03/04/2025

The Midland Hotel - Manchester

Manchester M60

£1,500.00

03/04/2025

10-11 Carlton House Terrace

London SW1Y

£1,450.83

03/04/2025

Broadway House

London SW1H

£1,620.00

03/04/2025

MGi London Media & Events

London W1B

£2,050.00

03/04/2025

05/04/2025

Wilton Park Conference Centre

Steyning BN44

£16,434.70

22/04/2025

23/04/2025

Crowne Plaza Newcastle - Stephenson Quarter

Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1

£1,447.49

23/04/2025

24/04/2025

Conference Aston Hotel Birmingham

Birmingham B4 7

£10,651.41

29/04/2025

30/04/2025

Clayton Hotel Manchester City Centre

Manchester M1 3

£3,946.70

29/04/2025

Radisson Hotel York

York YO1

£4,179.17

30/04/2025

Cardiff Castle

Cardiff CF10

£4,550.00

30/04/2025

Park Plaza County Hall London

London SE1

£2,194.00

30/04/2025

The Birmingham Conference & Events Centre at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre

Birmingham B5 4

£4,345.00

01/05/2025

QEII Centre

London SW1P

£29,296.45

01/05/2025

The Alan

Manchester M1 4

£665.00

07/05/2025

etc.venues Manchester

Manchester M1 3

£2,785.00

09/05/2025

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms

London WC2B

£7,206.20

12/05/2025

16/05/2025

Clayton Hotel Leeds

Leeds LS11

£5,791.67

13/05/2025

15/05/2025

CCT Venues-Smithfield

Smithfield EC1A

£10,042.00

13/05/2025

14/05/2025

Radisson Blu Hotel, Sheffield

Sheffield S1 2

£6,811.67

13/05/2025

RSA House

London WC2N

£6,690.00

14/05/2025

Novotel Manchester Centre

Manchester M1 4

£1,866.67

19/05/2025

22/05/2025

The Met Hotel, Leeds

Leeds LS1

£8,725.00

20/05/2025

etc.venues Monument

London EC3M

£10,445.00

21/05/2025

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms

London WC2B

£6,678.33

09/06/2025

14/06/2025

Radisson Blu Hotel, Edinburgh City Centre

Edinburgh EH1

£12,387.50

17/06/2025

19/06/2025

Venue Cranfield - Hotel and Conference Centre

Milton Keynes MK43

£4,097.50

23/06/2025

One Great George Street

London SW1P

£2,702.00

24/06/2025

25/06/2025

Utilita Arena Cardiff

Cardiff CF10

£8,000.00

25/06/2025

27/06/2025

Conference Aston Hotel Birmingham

Birmingham B4 7

£11,428.31

30/06/2025

03/07/2025

The Westminster London, Curio Collection by Hilton

London SW1P

£6,225.00

01/07/2025

03/07/2025

CCT Venues-Smithfield

Smithfield EC1A

£10,292.50

01/07/2025

02/07/2025

Northumbria University

Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2

£19,590.00

03/07/2025

Townhouse Hotel Manchester

Manchester M1 6

£1,225.00

04/07/2025

Royal National Hotel

London WC1H

£18,280.81

07/07/2025

09/07/2025

Excel London

London E16

£123,843.72

14/07/2025

15/07/2025

ACC Liverpool

Liverpool L3 4

£86,770.00

15/07/2025

17/07/2025

The Hawkhills

Easingwold YO61

£3,420.00

16/07/2025

17/07/2025

Sandy Park Conference and Banqueting Centre Exeter

Exeter EX2

£22,846.67

09/09/2025

RSA House

London WC2N

£15,323.25

17/09/2025

Marlin Waterloo

London SE1

£653.33

TOTAL

£1,364,221.74

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Bookings commissioned after 4 April 2025

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06/05/2025

09/05/2025

Church House Westminster

London SW1P

£163,505.00

08/05/2025

Glasgow Argyle Hotel, Signature Collection by Best Western

Glasgow G3 8

£395.83

12/05/2025

Broadway House

London SW1H

£1,215.00

14/05/2025

110 Rochester Row

London SW1P

£4,524.50

16/05/2025

Holiday Inn Cardiff City Centre

Cardiff CF10

£867.51

21/05/2025

22/05/2025

Dynamic Earth

Edinburgh EH8

£18,336.40

21/05/2025

22/05/2025

Manchester Central

Manchester M2 3

£81,010.43

29/05/2025

The Old Ship Hotel

Brighton BN1

£494.67

04/06/2025

RSA House

London WC2N

£8,654.00

09/06/2025

10/06/2025

Scottish Event Campus (SEC)

Glasgow G3 8

£53,743.00

11/06/2025

12/06/2025

ICC Belfast - Waterfront Hall

Belfast BT1

£31,499.11

11/06/2025

Mercure Glasgow City Hotel

Glasgow G1 1

£923.33

16/06/2025

17/06/2025

Crowne Plaza Newcastle-Stephenson Quarter

Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1

£1,346.17

24/06/2025

Leonardo Hotel Manchester Central

Manchester M1 5

£127.50

01/07/2025

03/07/2025

Venue Cranfield - Hotel and Conference Centre

Milton Keynes MK43

£2,134.13

07/07/2025

10/07/2025

Courtyard by Marriott Oxford City Centre

Oxford OX1

£28,220.00

09/07/2025

10/07/2025

Linton Lodge Hotel, BW Signature Collection

Oxford OX2

£687.50

09/07/2025

Westminster Chapel

London SW1E

£23,565.66

16/07/2025

Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham

Birmingham B1 2

£812.50

16/07/2025

Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge

London E1 8

£29,226.67

22/07/2025

Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel

Manchester M1 4

£208.33

28/07/2025

Radisson Blu Hotel Cardiff

Cardiff CF10

£250.00

15/09/2025

16/09/2025

Manchester Hall

Manchester M3 3

£10,475.00

07/10/2025

08/10/2025

Wilton Park Conference Centre

Steyning BN44

£59,260.00

13/11/2025

St Mary's Marylebone

London W1H

£7,000.00

TOTAL

£791,679.26

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Original parliamentary record

Infected Blood Inquiry

29 August 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Mike Wood · Conservative Answering body: Cabinet Office

Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's policy paper, Infected Blood Inquiry Additional Report Government Response, published on 30 July 2025, what is the estimated cost of delivering those recommendations.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

The policy decisions that the Government announced on 21 July, and included in the Government Response on 30 July, are currently estimated to cost around £1 billion in further compensation payments. However, the total cost could change depending on what is agreed following consultation with the infected blood community.

The Government has said it will pay what it takes to fund the scheme, and we will update the forecast costs at Autumn Budget 2025.

Original parliamentary record

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

29 August 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Jess Brown-Fuller · Liberal Democrat Answering body: Cabinet Office

Parliamentary excerpt

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.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

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 reflect the different impacts of infection by developing severity bandings.

The Expert Group provided the Government with clinical advice on the distinctions between these impacts. This meant the Government could set severity bands for Hepatitis infections based on clear clinical markers.

As set out in the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025, where someone’s experience of Hepatitis, whether it is historic or in the present day, has been more severe, they will receive more compensation. In its Additional Report, published 9 July, the Inquiry stated that “that tiers are relevant to Hepatitis in a way in which they are not in cases of HIV.”

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

29 August 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Jess Brown-Fuller · Liberal Democrat Answering body: Cabinet Office

Parliamentary excerpt

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

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

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 reflect the different impacts of infection by developing severity bandings.

The Expert Group provided the Government with clinical advice on the distinctions between these impacts. This meant the Government could set severity bands for Hepatitis infections based on clear clinical markers.

As set out in the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025, where someone’s experience of Hepatitis, whether it is historic or in the present day, has been more severe, they will receive more compensation. In its Additional Report, published 9 July, the Inquiry stated that “that tiers are relevant to Hepatitis in a way in which they are not in cases of HIV.”

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Infected Blood Inquiry

29 August 2025 Written Question House of Commons

James MacCleary · Liberal Democrat Answering body: Cabinet Office

Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to implement the recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry Report.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

As I set out in my Oral Statement to the House on 21 July, the Government will be bringing forward a further set of regulations as soon as Parliamentary time allows to implement the recommendations we have already accepted.

The Government will be consulting the infected blood community on the remainder of the recommendations before making any further changes to the Scheme.

The Government would like to provide the community with sufficient time to consider and share their views on the Government’s proposals in response to the Inquiry’s recommendations. The consultation is expected to open in October. Any changes will require further regulations. We expect this second, more substantial set of regulations, to be brought before Parliament in 2026.

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Infected Blood Inquiry: Additional Report

21 July 2025 Hansard Debate House of Commons

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Commons Chamber

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Infected Blood Inquiry

15 July 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Neil Duncan-Jordan · Labour Answering body: Cabinet Office

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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's planned timetable is for responding to the Additional Report by the Infected Blood Inquiry, published on 9 July 2025.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

I am grateful to Sir Brian Langstaff for his constructive Additional Report. We share his ambition to ensure that fair compensation is provided to every person that is eligible without delay.

On 21st July, I delivered an oral statement to the House confirming the Government’s approach to responding to the further report. You can find more information here: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/infected-blood-inquiry-additional-report-oral-statement-to-parliament

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Infected Blood Inquiry Additional Report

9 July 2025 Written Ministerial Statement House of Commons

Nick Thomas-Symonds · Labour Answering body: Cabinet Office

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Today, the Infected Blood Inquiry has published an Additional Report. This additional report reflects the unprecedented nature of the Infected Blood Scandal and the thoroughness of the Inquiry’s investigation. I am grateful to Sir Brian Langstaff and the dedicated work of the Inquiry.I would like to reiterate a wholehearted and unequivocal apology on behalf of current and previous governments to every single person impacted by this scandal. Nothing of this nature can ever happen again, but fo...

Recorded statement

Answering body: Cabinet Office

Today, the Infected Blood Inquiry has published an Additional Report. This additional report reflects the unprecedented nature of the Infected Blood Scandal and the thoroughness of the Inquiry’s investigation. I am grateful to Sir Brian Langstaff and the dedicated work of the Inquiry.

I would like to reiterate a wholehearted and unequivocal apology on behalf of current and previous governments to every single person impacted by this scandal. Nothing of this nature can ever happen again, but for this to be anything more than words, more tangible action must be taken.

The UK Government committed £11.8bn in the Budget, delivered on 30 October 2024, for the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme. As of 1 July, 460 people have received their compensation payment, totalling £326,184,985.78. 2,043 people have begun their compensation claim and 616 people have received an offer of compensation, totalling £488,346,336.18.

The Government is committed to reflecting carefully on this Report to ensure that people who are both infected and affected are properly supported in their search for justice for this devastating Scandal and to receive compensation they are due.

As the Inquiry notes “it is the time now to build constructively on the scheme as it is and as it operates”. During the hearings to the Infected Blood Inquiry, I set out that there were matters that the Government is willing to consider in light of any recommendations from the Inquiry. The Inquiry has today made a total of nine recommendations many of which reflect the areas I have already committed to reviewing. These include eligibility for the unethical research award; the 31 March 2025 cut-off date, beyond which people will not be able to register with support schemes as a bereaved partner; expanding the supplementary route for the affected; the position of persons infected with HIV before 1 January 1982 and the Special Category Mechanism (and its equivalents).

The Government will now quickly work through these recommendations and work closely with the Infected Blood Compensation Authority to understand the delivery implications of any policy changes to the Scheme.

In his concluding remarks, Sir Brian Langstaff has said “it is fair to record that the Government has taken major steps”. It is our firm commitment, as we reflect on the Inquiry’s work, to continue to take steps and support the Infected Blood Compensation Authority to deliver compensation to victims of this scandal as quickly as possible.

Subject to parliamentary approval, my intention is to provide a further update to the House before summer recess, and a response to Sir Brian’s Additional Report of actions the Government is taking in due course.

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Government policy on the Hillsborough Law

9 July 2025 Early Day Motion House of Commons

Ian Byrne · Labour

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That this House notes the Prime Minister’s promise to introduce the Hillsborough Law to Parliament before the 36th anniversary of the disaster on 15 April 2025; deeply regrets that this commitment was not met and that the Government has yet to table the legislation; expresses grave concern at reports that the Government intends to bring forward a weakened alternative bill, lacking the core principles and protections of the Hillsborough Law; recognises that the Hillsborough Law is a rigorously...

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Infected Blood Inquiry: Public Consultation

7 July 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Tracy Gilbert · Labour Answering body: Cabinet Office

Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is planning to take to (a) consult further with the infected blood community and (b) involve that community in the development of the Government's response to the Infected Blood Inquiry.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

This Government is committed to engaging openly and transparently, and taking on board feedback from the infected blood community. The Cabinet Office regularly engages with over 30 key representatives and organisations in the community. I have met with a number of these representatives several times and will continue to do so.

The Government will consider the Infected Blood Inquiry’s Additional Report carefully, and respond in due course.

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: Hepatitis

30 June 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Graeme Downie · Labour Answering body: Cabinet Office

Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number of people with Hepatitis B who are entitled to compensation from the Infected Blood Compensation Authority.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

While there is no way of knowing exactly how many people were infected as a result of this scandal, the findings of the Statistical Expert Group, established by the Infected Blood Inquiry, has provided valuable insight into the numbers of infections from blood and blood products in the UK between 1970 and 1991. In their September 2022 Report, they noted that, due to the limitations in the data available, it is not possible to answer the question of how many people were infected with Hepatitis B due to infected blood “with any reasonable accuracy when compared to other infections.”

Therefore, the final number of eligible people infected with Hepatitis B will ultimately depend on the number of victims who come forward to the Infected Blood Compensation Authority, who are responsible for the delivery of the Compensation Scheme. There is no limit or target on the amount announced for the scheme and each eligible person will get the compensation they are due.

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Blood: Contamination

30 June 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Graeme Downie · Labour Answering body: Cabinet Office

Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on compensation for people impacted by infected blood and also by variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

In his 2022 Compensation Framework Study, Sir Robert Francis recommended that variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) was not included in the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme. He noted that “this is a rare disease for which there is a separate compensation scheme. It is unlikely, therefore, that a separate category is justified in this scheme. However, many of the infected have been warned there is a risk of their having vCJD. Assuming that risk, insofar as it exists, is shared by all who have received blood or blood products in the relevant period, there is no special case for taking it into account in this scheme."

Chapter 5 of the Infected Blood Inquiry’s May 2024 Report examines the Government response to vCJD.

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

9 June 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Mr Richard Holden · Conservative Answering body: Cabinet Office

Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Infected Blood Inquiry on effectively sharing data with the Independent Blood Compensation Agency to help (a) increase the speed at which claims can be processed and (b) prevent fraud.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

As the sponsor Minister for the Infected Blood Compensation Authority, I stand ready to help and assist in any way I can to speed up the payments. I am restless for the speed of delivery to increase, including considering what data could be identified to help process claims quickly, while always respecting IBCA’s operational independence and the need to prevent fraud.

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

30 May 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Kirith Entwistle · Labour Answering body: Cabinet Office

Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government will release its publicly accessible dashboard that charts the progress of the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

The Government is committed to continuing to drive forward the implementation of the Infected Blood Inquiry’s 2024 recommendations, and the progress made on responding to these recommendations will be publicly available via a dashboard which is due to be published before summer recess.

For progress specifically on the delivery of the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme, the Infected Blood Compensation Authority is responsible for the delivery of compensation and publishes the latest compensation figures on its website every two weeks.

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Infected Blood Inquiry: Government Response

14 May 2025 Hansard Debate House of Commons

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Commons Chamber

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

13 May 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Clive Efford · Labour Answering body: Cabinet Office

Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry on 7 May 2025, whether he intends to review (a) the compensation regulations and (b) the tariffs.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

As I said in my oral evidence to the Inquiry, I am open to considering a number of areas of the Scheme where doing so does not cause undue delay to the delivery of compensation. The Inquiry will be producing a further report and the Government will respond to this report when it is published

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

13 May 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Clive Efford · Labour Answering body: Cabinet Office

Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme, if he will review the supplementary route for people for whom the impact of their viruses and their treatments are not fully captured by the core route tariff.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

The Infected Blood Inquiry Response Expert Group provided advice on the design of infection severity bands for the core route. They considered the health impacts and treatments that applicants are likely to have experienced. This includes many side effects of treatments, including interferon, and conditions such as chronic fatigue. The core route tariffs therefore already take into account conditions that infected people are likely to experience as a result of their infection or treatment.

The supplementary route, as set out in the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025, provides additional awards for applicants whose circumstances necessitate a higher compensation payment. As a result, the eligibility criteria for the Severe Health Condition award reflects the conditions and impacts the Expert Group identified as not being addressed in other aspects of the scheme, including the core route or Exceptional Loss award.

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Blood: Contamination

13 May 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Clive Efford · Labour Answering body: Cabinet Office

Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the tariffs for people infected with Hepatitis C through contaminated blood products.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

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 reflect the different impacts of infection by developing severity bandings.

The Expert Group provided the Government with clinical advice on the distinctions between these impacts. This meant the Government could set severity bands for Hepatitis infections based on clear clinical markers.

As set out in the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025, where someone’s experience of Hepatitis, whether it is historic or in the present day, has been more severe, they will receive more compensation.

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

13 May 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Clive Efford · Labour Answering body: Cabinet Office

Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the commitments he made when giving evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry on 7 May 2025, when he plans to respond to the five areas of compensation regulations following his review.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

As I said in my oral evidence to the Inquiry, I am open to considering a number of areas of the Scheme where doing so does not cause undue delay to the delivery of compensation. The Inquiry will be producing a further report and the Government will respond to this report when it is published.

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Public Sector: Misconduct

8 May 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Adam Thompson · Labour Answering body: Cabinet Office

Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that wrongdoing within public services is (a) identified and (b) sanctioned in the context of the infected blood inquiry.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

The actions of Civil Servants and Ministers which were uncovered within the Infected Blood Inquiry’s final report are extremely concerning and do not reflect the values we expect those who serve the public to uphold. The Prime Minister has committed to legislation on a Duty of Candour being delivered by this Government. The duty will apply to public authorities and public servants and will include criminal sanctions. Whether individuals are prosecuted as a result of the Inquiry’s findings is rightly a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service and is independent of Government. Last year I wrote to the National Police Chiefs’ Council to reaffirm the Government’s commitment to make any and all relevant information around the Infected Blood Inquiry available to the prosecuting authorities where requested.

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

7 April 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Steve Witherden · Labour Answering body: Cabinet Office

Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what evidential basis the level of compensation for people with (a) Hepatitis C and (b) haemophiliacs infected with HIV under the Infected Blood Compensation scheme was determined.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

As recommended by the Inquiry, the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme has been designed as a tariff-based framework. The proposed tariffs were developed on the advice of the Infected Blood Inquiry Response Expert Group, which included clinical and legal advisors assisted by social care specialists. You can find more information about the work of the Infected Blood Inquiry Response Expert Group on gov.uk here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infected-blood-inquiry-response-expert-group-summary-report

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

7 April 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Steve Witherden · Labour Answering body: Cabinet Office

Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme to distinguish between people subjected to deliberate, non-consensual trials and other people.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

The Infected Blood Inquiry Report highlights many ethical failings that happened as part of the Infected Blood Scandal. The impact of these ethical failings on infected people has been recognised in the compensation scheme's core autonomy award.

In his summer 2024 report Sir Robert Francis recommended that an additional autonomy award be made available specifically to infected people subjected to unethical research. The Government accepted this recommendation, which led to the development of the Unethical Research Practices award as part of the Compensation Scheme's supplementary route. The award focuses specifically on research that has failed to meet established ethical standards.

Specifically, the eligibility for the award is determined by the presence of documented unethical research. This includes a lack of informed consent, inadequate oversight, and other breaches of ethical obligations in research settings.

In December last year, the Government engaged with key representatives and organisations in the community on the particular eligibility criteria for the Unethical Research Practices Award. The Government was grateful for the submissions and feedback it received from key stakeholders and considered the evidence provided in each one carefully. The Regulations which became law on 31 March 2025, detailed, specifically the criteria and centres that will be covered as part of this award. The Government is able, through further secondary legislation, to add additional centres or studies to the list if new evidence is presented. The Government wants to ensure that those who were subject to unethical research are provided with the additional autonomy award.

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

7 April 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Steve Witherden · Labour Answering body: Cabinet Office

Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people will be eligible for compensation under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme in (a) Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr constituency, (b) Wales and (c) the UK.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

Due to the nature of the Infected Blood scandal there is uncertainty over the number of people who might be eligible for compensation. The final number of eligible people will ultimately depend on the number of victims who come forward. While there is no way of knowing exactly how many people were infected as a result of this scandal, the findings of the Statistical Expert Group, established by the Infected Blood Inquiry, has provided valuable insight into the numbers of infections from blood and blood products in the UK between 1970 and 1991. The central estimates approximately total 30,000, which includes both living and deceased victims. This information is not available on a constituency basis.

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

7 April 2025 Written Question House of Commons

Steve Witherden · Labour Answering body: Cabinet Office

Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of recognising mono-HCV haemophiliacs as a separate cohort under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.

Government answer

Answering body: Cabinet Office

In March, Parliament approved the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025, which established the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme in full and gave the Infected Blood Compensation Authority the powers it needs to begin making payments to all people eligible for compensation under the Scheme.

In line with the recommendations from the Infected Blood Inquiry’s second interim report and Sir Robert’s compensation framework study, the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme takes a tariff based approach to compensation based on infection severity bands. The Government sought advice on the infection severity bandings and consequent tariffs from the Infected Blood Inquiry Response Expert Group.

In regards to an additional award for haemophiliacs, the scope of the scheme’s supplementary route is in line with the recommendations Sir Robert Francis KC made to the Government in August 2024. The Government accepted Sir Robert’s recommendation that, with the exception of autonomy awards to victims of unethical research, supplementary route awards should only be available for care and financial loss.

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