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The Skipton Fund Appeals Panel consisted of five members: a legal professional, three medical members (GP, haematologist and hepatologist) and a lay member.

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The Skipton Fund Appeals Panel was chaired by Mark Mildred who was an experienced solicitor who had previously been involved in the litigation brought by people with haemophilia who had contracted HIV, and had informally advised the claimants' legal teams in litigation concerning Hepatitis C and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

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The parameters of the Skipton Fund as then proposed were confirmed in a full submission to the Secretary of State on 6 January 2004 and announced on 23 January 2004.

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An internal brief for a meeting with the chairs of the Macfarlane Trust, Eileen Trust and Skipton Fund anticipated criticisms of the Department's calculation of the current £6,400 pa average payment per recipient which was not accepted by all stakeholders.

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Anne Milton met with Christopher FitzGerald and Peter Stevens to hear new evidence in respect of the payment schemes as she considered how to respond to the Judicial Review Judgement of the previous Government's response to Lord Archer's recommendation 6(h) about the parity of payments with Ireland.

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Dawn Primarolo wrote a formal minute to Alan Johnson with suggested responses to Lord Archer's recommendations.

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In a formal minute to Alan Johnson, Dawn Primarolo noted that the package of measures proposed in response to Lord Archer's recommendations would not entirely satisfy Lord Archer and his supporters.

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The Secretary of State annotated the minute from Dawn Primarolo agreeing to the proposed package of measures commenting that it was a good outcome "if not all that Lord A would want."

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In his written statement to the Inquiry, Alan Johnson said that he responded to Dawn Primarolo's minute regarding the measures proposed in response to Lord Archer's recommendations with "Agreed. Good outcome if not all that Lord A would want".

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In his written evidence to the Inquiry, Alan Johnson stated that in saying he needed to be convinced, he was not ruling out increased funding but "sounding a note of caution" in the context of a difficult financial climate.

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In his written evidence to the Inquiry, Alan Johnson stated he recognised that aspects of the Department of Health's response would not go as far as the infected, their supporters or Lord Archer would have liked but that there was an exceptionally difficult economic climate at the time.

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Dawn Primarolo wrote to Lord Archer notifying him that the Government's formal report in response to his Inquiry was being published that day.

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Dawn Primarolo wrote to Lord Morris of Manchester notifying him that the Government's response to Lord Archer's report was being published that day.

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Dawn Primarolo wrote to Mr Chris James notifying him that the Government's response to Lord Archer's report was being published that day.

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Dawn Primarolo wrote to Mr Eddie O'Hara MP notifying him that the Government's response to Lord Archer's report was being published that day.

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The Government's formal report in response to the Archer Inquiry was published with a written ministerial statement.

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The Government issued a press release to announce their response to the Archer Inquiry into individuals infected by HIV and Hepatitis C through NHS blood and blood products.

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The Q&A briefing on the Archer report on Contaminated Blood gave a proposed answer to a question on the comparison of payments made in Northern Ireland and that the situation in the UK was different.

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Alan Johnson, the Secretary of State for Health, published a brief on the Government's response to the Archer Inquiry for the Parliamentary Labour Party.

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The approach to communicating the Government's response was planned and circulated in submissions pertaining to the publication arrangements of Lord Archer's report.

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