Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what investigatory powers for the Infected Blood Compensation Authority to detect and investigate fraudulent claims they intend to establish under the draft Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025; and how many full-time equivalent staff they intend to dedicate to fraud investigations.

The (draft) Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025 do not confer any criminal investigatory powers on the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA). However, a small team is being established to intervene where there are suspicious circumstances relating to a particular case, and IBCA will keep the size of that team under review.