Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what eligibility criteria the Skipton Fund operates for people infected with HIV or Hepatitis C as a result of receiving anti-d immunoglobin; and what the grounds are for that eligibility criteria.

The Skipton Fund was responsible for administering a scheme that made payments to people infected with hepatitis C through treatment with National Health Service blood or blood products and their families. Therefore this fund was open to applications from anyone infected with hepatitis C as a result of receiving anti-d immunoglobin injections. This eligibility continues under the new England Infected Blood Support Scheme.