Statement
My Right Honourable friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, has today
made the following statement:
I hereby give notice of the Cabinet Office’s intention to seek a Contingencies Fund Advance to make compensation payments to victims of the Infected Blood Scandal.
The Cabinet Office’s Capital Annually Managed Expenditure Estimate does not provide funding for compensation payments already approved by Parliament through the Victims and Prisoners Act. This advance will be used to quickly compensate victims of the Infected Blood scandal. While this will be received through the Supplementary Estimate, this advance will enable compensation to be made ahead of Parliament formally approving the ambit and the associated expenditure through an Estimate, in line with the government’s commitment.
Parliamentary approval for additional capital of £272,000,000 for this capital will be sought in a Supplementary Estimate for Infected Blood Compensation Authority. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £272,000,000 will be met by repayable cash advances from the Contingencies Fund.
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