Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications for bereaved persons' lump sum payments related to the contaminated blood scandal have been received to date; how many of those applications have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected; and whether applications received after the 20 January 2017 deadline will be permissible.

To date 270 applications have been received from bereaved individuals in England and Wales. No applications have formally been rejected or accepted as the schemes are still processing the applications.

The Department wants all eligible individuals to receive this payment and will ensure funding is available to make payments to those who submit applications after the deadline.