Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 1.10 of his Department's paper, Infected blood: Government Response to Consultation on Reform of Financial and Other Support, published in July 2016, whether survey respondents infected with hepatitis C were additionally asked whether they had stage 1 or stage 2 hepatitis C.

Responses to the consultation were provided on a voluntary basis and none of the questions asked were compulsory. Consultation respondents were asked in separate questions to indicate if they had hepatitis C and/or HIV, from infected National Health Service supplied blood/blood products. Whilst respondents were not asked specifically whether they had stage 1 or stage 2 hepatitis C, many voluntarily offered this information.