Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will allocate the additional funding announced by the Chancellor during Spending Round 2019 to compensate people affected by contaminated blood scandal.

The contaminated blood scandal was a tragedy that has caused unimaginable pain and hurt to victims and their families.

The Infected Blood Inquiry is UK-wide and the Inquiry terms of reference include consideration of financial assistance across all the nations of the UK.

The Minister of State for Northern Ireland recently met with the Chair of Haemophilia NI to discuss the issue of support for victims in Northern Ireland.

However, this is a devolved matter and the allocation of the NI budget is the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Civil Service.