Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase the level of financial support for people affected by contaminated blood in England to match the level of such support offered by the Scottish Government.

Health functions are devolved, which means that responsibility for the infected blood payment schemes is a matter for the devolved administrations.

We have committed an additional £125 million to provide funding to the reformed scheme in England. The budget allocation will more than double the Department’s annual spend on the scheme over the next five years. This is significantly more than any previous government has been able to provide for those affected by the tragedy.