Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate the Government has made of the number of people who have been unsuccessful in claiming (a) Skipton Stage 1, (b) Special Category Mechanism and (c) Skipton Stage 2 payments from the England Infected Blood Support Scheme or its predecessors as a result of a lack of medical evidence.

Skipton Stage 1 and Skipton Stage 2 are not recognised beneficiary categories under the England Infected Blood Support Scheme. The England Infected Blood Support Scheme was established in November 2017. The following table shows information on declined applications for hepatitis C stage 1, Special Category Mechanism and hepatitis C stage 2. Applications are declined for various reasons such as a lack of evidence to support the application. The Scheme do not hold data on declined applications prior to 1 November 2017.

Note:

Where there are less than five applications, we are unable to provide the exact number to prevent the identification of individuals.