Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many lump sum (1) regular, and (2) discretionary, one-off payments were made between the establishment of the Infected Blood Inquiry in 2017 to July 2018.
This information is not held in the format requested. The Infected Blood Inquiry was established in July 2018. The England Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS) is administered by the NHS Business Service Authority and began operation on 1 November 2017. In England, the EIBSS makes regular payments to beneficiaries, paid either monthly or quarterly, a winter fuel payment in Quarter 3 of each year and one-off lump sum and discretionary payments.
Data on the number of payments made between November 2017 and March 2018 is not held centrally. However, the following table shows the total payments made in each category between November 2017 and March 2018.
Regular payment £10,774,736
Lump sum payment £2,634,105
Discretionary £1,292,921
The following table shows number of payments and the total payments made in each category between April and July 2018.
Regular payment 9,701 payments £11,706,192
Lump sum payment 283 payments £3,247,498
Discretionary payment 2,352 payments £1,192,842