§ Dr. MurrisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dependants will not receive compensation from the Hepatitis C Ex Gratia scheme as a result of the 29 August 2003 cut-off. [155537]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonIt is not possible to estimate accurately the number of dependants of people in England who were infected with hepatitis C as a result of National Health Service treatment with blood or blood products and who died of all causes before 29 August 2003.
However, the latest figures from the UK Haemophilia Centre Doctors Organisation indicate that a total of 212 people with haemophilia have died as a direct result of the effects of hepatitis C. The number of non-haemophiliacs who have died as a direct result of the effects of hepatitis C is not known