Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2017 to Question 60941, on blood: contamination, how many such applications have been received from bereaved people since 27 January 2017; and how many of those applications have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected.

Since 27 January the schemes have received 47 applications. This is in addition to the 270 applications they have received prior to this date. All 317 applications are going through a rigorous review and verification process of the evidence being provided. The schemes have confirmed that they are still on track to make all accepted applications’ payments by the end of March 2017.