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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether people eligible for the infected blood compensation scheme will retain access to (a) disability grants, (b) dependent children payments and (c) other support scheme benefits.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 17 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 23 Apr 2025
Answer: 30 Apr 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether people eligible for the infected blood compensation scheme will retain access to (a) disability grants, (b) dependent children payments and (c) other support scheme benefits.
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Apr 2025
Answer published
Any payments received from the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme are disregarded from means tested benefit assessments. This means that compensation payments made through the Scheme will not adversely impact on the means tested benefits received by eithe...

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