Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is his policy that widows, partners and others infected with HIV and hepatitis C from people affected by contaminated blood will continue to receive (a) discretionary and (b) non-discretionary support under the reformed support scheme.

Anyone who is infected with HIV and hepatitis C from people affected by contaminated blood will continue to receive discretionary support on a means tested basis and non-discretionary annual payments.