Effective Treatment - Earnings Floor
Infected Blood Inquiry · Additional Report on Compensation · Issued 9 July 2025 · Addressed to: UK Government
Government responseUK Government: Accepted (Jul 2025)
DeliveryNo statement from UK Government found
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
For the calculation of Financial Loss awards for Hepatitis B, people born after 1953 should be treated like those born in or before 1953 on provision of evidence that their health did not improve or that it remained difficult to find work from 2009. For the calculation of Financial Loss awards for Hepatitis C, people born after 1961 should be treated like those born in or before 1961 on provision of evidence that their health did not improve or that it remained difficult to find work from 2017.
Infected Blood Inquiry, Additional Report on Compensation · 9 Jul 2025 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
AI-generated evidence summary
The Inquiry recommended adjusting financial loss calculations for individuals with hepatitis B and C. In July 2025, the Cabinet Office accepted the recommendation and stated it will remove the earnings floor on the supplementary route Exceptional Loss award so individuals can demonstrate an inability to return to work, though the birth year thresholds were not mentioned (Cabinet Office response, Jul 2025).
Sources
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Government response
●UK Government · Accepted · 21 Jul 2025
The Government acknowledges the concerns raised by the Inquiry regarding the calculation of financial loss awards for individuals with Hepatitis B or C. Currently the amount awarded is determined partially by reference to the introduction of effective treatments and the possibility of returning to employment following these treatments. The Government has accepted the Inquiry's recommendation that the scheme should offer a route through which individuals can show that they were unable to return to work, or unable to work at the assumed level, even after the introduction of effective treatments. The Government will remove the earnings floor on the supplementary route Exceptional Loss award for financial loss to make sure that a route is available for infected persons to do this.
Extract from: Infected Blood Inquiry Additional Report Government Response
Delivery
No statement on delivery from UK Government has been found in the sources searched. This is separate from the response above.
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