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Jan Barlow told the Inquiry that the Caxton Foundation was a much more efficient organisation in 2018 compared to 2013 in terms of turnaround time for grants.

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The Caxton Foundation abandoned the annual census (which usefulness was questioned by Jan Barlow) until it was reintroduced with the regular payment scheme.

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Membership of the Caxton Foundation Partnership Group was broadened to include beneficiaries who weren't campaigners.

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The Caxton Foundation operated a policy of presenting a request to the National Welfare Committee in situations where a beneficiary had already had in excess of £3,000 in grants. Jan Barlow explained that this information fed into other considerations such as the development of the regular payments scheme.

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Some members of the Contaminated Blood Campaign group visited Alliance House and were described by Foundation officials as having barged in with the intention to shock and intimidate.

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After Ann Lloyd became chair of the Caxton Foundation more effort was made to let more potential applicants know of the Foundation.

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The Caxton Foundation's annual census of beneficiaries was cancelled until a regular payment system was introduced.

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There were lengthy delays in processing early applications at the Caxton Foundation.

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The annual report to the Charity Commissioners was not sent to beneficiaries.

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Extracts were taken from census forms to inform the National Welfare Committee's consideration of grant applications.

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Caxton Foundation staff had reference guidelines on what items beneficiaries could receive grants for.

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The Caxton Foundation was proactive in helping beneficiaries manage their debts.

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The National Welfare Committee and Caxton Foundation staff aimed to be consistent by checking what had been awarded previously in similar circumstances.

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At a meeting to discuss service provisions for Alliance House operations, one option proposed was to "Flip the power and have (the in future likely to be much larger) Caxton instead of MFT as the service provider to the rest of 'the group.'"

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The draft Statement of Financial Procedures set out the "the governance, accountability and funding arrangements agreed between the Department of Health (DH) and the Trustees of the three Charities."

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Margaret Kennedy was appointed as a Caxton Foundation trustee.

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Grants were initially paid by means of a "voucher system". This exposed those using a voucher to the risk that they would be identified as suffering from Hepatitis C.

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The Caxton Foundation began to operate a broader regular payment scheme in 2014/15. The payments were designed to top up the income of a beneficiary to 60% (later 70%) of a median income.

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The objective of the Regular Payment Scheme changed after the Department of Health's decision not to provide additional funding. As a result of this, the Department of Health had to take account of household income in its entirety including Skipton Stage 2 regular payments and child related benefits.

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It was arranged that the Caxton Foundation would employ all of the staff working at Alliance House.

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