To qualify for Skipton Fund payments a person had to have been alive from 1 April 2016 and not be eligible for a Stage 2 payment. Scotland also provided for a Stage 2 payment of £50,000 to be made to a person coinfected with HIV if they had not already received a Stage 2 payment. England and Wales provided a bereavement payment of £10,000 if a contributory factor to the person's death was Hepatitis C (or HIV if coinfected).