Blood: Contamination

Department of Health written question – answered at on 4 April 2017.

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Photo of Diana R. Johnson Diana R. Johnson Labour, Kingston upon Hull North

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2017 to Question 63452, on blood: contamination, how many such applications have been received since that date; and how many of those applications have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected.

Photo of Nicola Blackwood Nicola Blackwood The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health

Since 20 February 2017 the scheme has received 15 applications. This is in addition to the 317 applications they received prior to this date. Of these 332 applications in total, 323 have been approved and nine have been declined. All applications are subject to a rigorous review and verification process of the evidence being provided.

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