§ Lord Morris of Manchesterasked Her Majesty's Government:
What public funds, at constant prices, have been made available year-by-year to the Macfarlane Trust to provide ex gratia payments for haemophilia patients infected with HIV by contaminated National Health Service blood and blood products; and what was the level of payments; and [HL1904]
What public funds, at constant prices, have been made available year-by-year to the Macfarlane Trust to provide ex gratia payments to the widows and other dependants of haemophilia patients infected with HIV by contaminated National Health Service blood and blood products; and what was the level of payments. [HL1905]
§ Lord WarnerSince the inception of the Macfarlane Trust, the Department of Health has provided the Macfarlane Trust with the following funding.
Year Grant 1989 £10,000,000 1990 £0 1991 £0 1992 £0 1993 £5,000,000 1994 £0 1995 £0 1996 £2,500,000 1997 £0 1998 £3,000,000 1999 £0 2000 £2,000,000 2001 £2,500,000 2002 £2,250,000 2003 £0 2003–04 £3,000,000 £30,250,000 The Macfarlane Trust does not make ex gratia payments. The funding that is made available is to enable the Macfarlane Trust to make regular payments to registrants and their dependants on the basis of their health and financial circumstances. In addition, one-off grants are made for specific needs that are generally health-related. Since 1989 a total of £35,064,821 has been paid out by the trust.