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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: Hepatitis

Asked by Pippa HeylingsLiberal DemocratCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 13 February 2025UIN 29626

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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2025 to Question 25004 on Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: Hepatitis, what assessment he has made of the sufficiency of funding for compensation for the affected families

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

In the Autumn budget, the Government announced £11.8 billion of funding to compensate eligible infected and affected people. Each eligible person will get the compensation they are due.

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