Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 25 March 2021, HCWS895 on Infected Blood Update, when the Government plans to appoint an independent reviewer to carry out a study on the compensation framework; and when Government plans to publish a further update.

Work to appoint the independent reviewer is ongoing and a further announcement will be made on this in due course.