Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence the England Infected Blood Support Scheme accept to establish when an infection occurred, where records have been destroyed in line with NHS code of practice, where an infection may have occurred over 50 years ago.

The England Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS) will consider all available evidence against the balance of probabilities to decide whether someone is eligible for payments under the scheme. EIBSS provides details of the types of information that can be provided in support of an application, which is not exhaustive, available at the following link:

https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/who-can-join-scheme-and-how-apply/people-infected-hepatitis-c-stage-1-payment