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Roger Evans stated in his statement that Russell Mishcon drafted a letter to the Minister of Health without the knowledge of him, his CEOs or the majority of the board members and put it before him at a board meeting in an attempt to pressure him to sign.

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A letter written by Dr Caroline Coffey discussed the psychological and financial impact on the Wales Infected Blood Support Scheme clients and the lack of financial parity for clients which caused them to feel like second class citizens and an unimportant group of people.

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In his statement to the Inquiry, Charles Gore said with regards to the Caxton Foundation that he thought Peter Stevens "made every effort to ensure the Caxton Foundation was a well-run organisation."

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In her statement to the Inquiry, Sue Phipps said that Peter Stevens "never stopped working to try and protect the rights of the registrants and their access to the support that he had done so much to ensure was available to them."

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A study by Dr Rosemary Biggs suggested that the theoretical danger of exposure to infection increased with the number of donations contributing to the treatment material used. However, severely affected and multi-transfused patients were not found to have a high incidence of clinical illness associated with jaundice, which suggested that large pools might contain Hepatitis B antibody which might reduce infectivity.

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It was reported by the Oxford Haemophilia Centre that the clinical trial of prophylactic treatment in haemophilia created new problems, for example the statistical plan led to many boys being in the control group which gave the treatment a bad reputation with the boys.

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In autumn 1974 there was a hepatitis outbreak at the Lord Mayor Treloar College in which 10 boys were affected following receipt of a batch of Hemofil.

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Dr Arblaster reported 'practical difficulties' during a prophylaxis trial at Treloar's.

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To test whether commercial concentrates had a higher attack rate than domestic ones, it was arranged that pupils should receive injections drawn from only one batch of product over a three month period.

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It was practice at the Oxford Haemophilia Centre not to give "large pool material" to patients who had received relatively little previous treatment, or to small children.

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An article titled Patterns of bleeding in adolescents with severe haemophilia A, written by Dr Aronstam, Dr Rainsford and Dr Painter, was published in the British Medical Journal. All bleeding episodes at Treloars were monitored from 1973-1977 and the results analysed.

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The housemaster Mr Scott identified a lack of training which would have enabled staff to offer psychological support to infected pupils and he found himself ill-equipped to address individuals' concerns when they were suddenly presented with an HIV diagnosis.

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Dr Aronstam stated in an article that his experiences led him to advocate for a counselling programme for individuals infected with haemophilia, and believed such a programme would be beneficial if informing individuals about their seropositivity.

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A business case was prepared with a view to increasing the funding available for the Caxton Foundation for 2014-15.

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In a letter to Jane Ellison MP, Ann Lloyd provided an update on the progress of addressing the Caxton Foundation's major concerns: to improve governance, to improve communications with beneficiaries, and to better understand what their needs were.

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Christopher FitzGerald informed the National Support Services Committee that as the Macfarlane Trust's Trust Deed did not allow the Trust to provide services, the Department of Health had decided that the Caxton Foundation should provide services to the Macfarlane Trust, the Eileen Trust, the Skipton Fund and MFET.

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As of 31 March 2017, the Skipton Fund had made over 5,450 Stage 1 payments and 1,751 Stage 2 payments, whereas the Caxton Foundation had 1,323 beneficiaries, of whom 1,036 were primary beneficiaries infected with Hepatitis C.

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Martin Harvey, the chief executive of the Caxton Foundation and the Macfarlane Trust, requested early retirement in 2012.

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The Caxton Foundation received £524,000 for disbursement, of which £400,000 had been spent.

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The Caxton Foundation's National Welfare Committee introduced winter fuel payments for beneficiaries with a household income of less than £14,000. These could be processed on a one-off basis by the welfare manager.

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