Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has been made of the payments from England Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS) that bereaved partners or other family members may not be receiving due to EIBSS registrants not being revaluated for (a) the Special Category Mechanism or (b) Hepatitis Stage 2 after death.
The England Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS) began annual payments to bereaved partners in December 2021, backdated to 2019 or the date of death of their partner where applicable. Bereaved partners receive a payment based upon the payment category of their partner at the time of their death. If a bereaved partner or family member believes the deceased met the qualifying criteria for Stage 2 payments, they can apply to the EIBSS. No estimate has been made of such payments.