Question follow-through · 9801

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress has been made on establishing the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
17 Oct 2024
Target answer date
21 Oct 2024
Answer
24 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress has been made on establishing the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.

  2. 21 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    In August, we laid regulations that give the Infected Blood Compensation Authority the powers necessary to pay compensation through the core route to the infected, both living and deceased. On 17 October, the Infected Blood Compensation Authority began to...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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