Question follow-through · 24713
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the average time taken to process compensation payments to the estates of deceased infected blood victims; and what steps she is taking to processing times in cases where the estate
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate she has made of the average time taken to process compensation payments to the estates of deceased infected blood victims; and what steps she is taking to processing times in cases where the estate
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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7 Sept 2026
Answer published
The delivery of compensation is a matter for the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA). With regards to estates of deceased infected people, IBCA has asked each registered estate where there is a beneficiary who is nearing the end of their life, to...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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