Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many claims registered with the Infected Blood Compensation Authority have been registered by estates of people who died as a result of infected blood.

The delivery of compensation is a matter for the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA). IBCA publishes fortnightly statistics on their website, detailing those who have registered their intent to claim with the service and the progress in delivering compensation. As of 19 May, there have been 18,934 registrations of intent to make a compensation claim, 2,680 registrations of which are from people acting on behalf of a deceased infected person (also known as estates claims).

A total of 4,402 people have been asked to start their claim, with 3,368 people having received an offer of compensation. Regarding PQs 2743, 2744, 2745 and 2746, IBCA does not publish breakdowns of the specific awards individuals have been offered or of the individual circumstances of claims.