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Interim Compensation Payments

Infected Blood Inquiry · First Interim Report · Issued 29 July 2022 · Addressed to: UK Government

Government responseUK Government: Accepted (Aug 2022)

DeliveryNo statement from UK Government found

Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry

●Inquiry recommendation

An interim payment, of no less than £100,000, should be paid to all those infected and all bereaved partners currently registered with any of the four UK infected blood support schemes, as well as those registering ahead of the inception of a future compensation scheme.

Infected Blood Inquiry, First Interim Report · 29 Jul 2022 Source PDF →

Published evidence summary

AI-generated evidence summary

In August 2022, Michael Ellis, HM Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, confirmed that the UK Government accepted the recommendation in full, stating that it was a priority and that it intended to make the interim compensation payments by the end of October 2022 (Michael Ellis response, Aug 2022). The record holds no update since the UK Government's response of August 2022 (Michael Ellis response, Aug 2022).

Sources

AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026.

Government response

●UK Government · Accepted · 16 Aug 2022

Words of: Michael Ellis, HM Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, in a letter to Sir Brian Langstaff, 16 August 2022

I can confirm that Her Majesty's Government accepts your recommendation in full. This is a priority. The Government recognises that many of the beneficiaries will tragically not see the conclusion of your Inquiry. It is our intention to make those interim compensation payments by the end of October 2022.

Extract from: Letter from the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office to Sir Brian Langstaff, Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry

Site note: Letter of 16 August 2022 from Michael Ellis, HM Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, to Sir Brian Langstaff, Chair of the Inquiry, published on GOV.UK the next day.

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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