Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Infected Blood Compensation Authority plans to provide (a) support and (b) resources to people disputing the distribution of compensation paid to the estates of those who died intestate.

The Infected Blood Compensation Authority’s priority is to deliver compensation to those who are legally entitled to it under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025, which includes infected people, affected people and estates of those infected people who have very sadly died. IBCA provides legal and financial advice to those who are eligible for compensation under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme. IBCA does not, however, currently fund legal advice to those who are distributing a person’s estate following the receipt of a compensation payment.