Posted: 21-Jul-2005 << BACK
20th July 2005 - Lord Morris of Manchester asked how many applicants to the Skipton Fund have been successful in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland at stage 1 & stage 2 and how much had been paid out. Below are the figures the Skipton Fund provided. (figures as at 1st July 2005)
He also asked about Mrs Sue Threakall, the widow of a haemophilia patient. He asked what correspondence had been received from her, what reply they were sending and whether there was any action that they would be taking in relation to her case. The reply from Lord Warner was that Mrs Threakall had written to Ministers on several occasions over the past months concerning the ex-gratia payment scheme and requesting a public inquiry into the issue of haemophilia patients who were infected with Hepatitis C following treatment on the NHS. They have asked officials to copy the replies to Lord Manchester.
England 2,642 432 63,640,000
Scotland 528 70 12,310,000
N. Ireland 97 18 2,390,000
Wales 201 29 4,745,000
Total U.K. 3,468 549 83,085,000
