Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 17 November 2014 to Question 213661, what estimate he has made of the number of Stage 2 HCV infectees who contracted the virus following treatment with NHS blood products who were (a) registered and (b) not registered with the Skipton Fund who have not yet accessed ongoing payments from the Skipton Fund.

Relating to individuals already registered with the Skipton Fund, the estimate of Stage 2 hepatitis C virus infectees who contracted the virus following treatment with NHS-supplied blood products and who have not yet accessed ongoing payments from the Skipton Fund is 27. However, our records do not indicate whether these 27 individuals are still living.

It is not possible to provide an estimate relating to individuals not registered with the Skipton Fund.