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The Minister for the Cabinet Office acknowledged the lack of progress on parity since January 2019. Ministers proposed to "write to the Devolved Administrations requesting urgent engagement at official level on proposals to achieve greater parity."

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Following a meeting with campaigners in January 2020, ministers wrote to devolved administrations asking urgent considerations for their requests.

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A bid was submitted to the Spending Review that took place in autumn 2020 which incorporated the most generous aspects of support offered across the four nations.

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Matt Hancock told to the Inquiry that the bid submitted to the Spending Review. was unsuccessful, as the Treasury decided to do a one-year spending review because of the economic uncertainties caused by the pandemic.

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Penny Mordaunt wrote to the Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock and stated that treasury must find the budget to make this happen.

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Penny Mordaunt stated that fixing the hardships of victims and their families would be the right thing to do

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Penny Mordaunt stressed the urgency of long overdue compensation.

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By March 2021, the Welsh government had no update on funding

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Following Penny Mordaunt's' announcement regarding the UK position, the Welsh Government made an announcement that they would provide funding to enable broad parity of annual and lump sum payments between the four national schemes.

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The Welsh Government confirmed in a written statement changes were also made to the lump sum payments for Hepatitis C and HIV.

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In Northern Ireland, bereavement payments were extended and a commitment was made to introduce enhanced financial support for Hepatitis C stage 1 in line with the position in England and Wales.

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Following Penny Mordaunt's' announcement, Northern Ireland announced that the Government would provide funding to enable broad parity of annual and lump sum payments between the four national schemes. These changes were backdated to April 2019.

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Letter from Liz Redmond to Karen Bailey outlined the implementation of the new Hepatitis C stage 1 (enhanced) support.

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The Written Statement of Alison Ramsey outlined the support offered by the WIBSS.

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The Infected Blood Inquiry Second Interim Report detailed the provision relating to Bespoke Psychological Support in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and the policy development in England.

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The Written Statement of Lynne Kelly praised the Welsh approach to their support scheme for adopting a tailored, holistic approach with psychological support and welfare and benefits advice for both the infected and affected.

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Colin Aspland was unaware that financial assistance was available, notwithstanding the establishment of national schemes.

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One man received a first payment from the Skipton Fund but nothing more and was at first unaware of EIBSS. He was told by EIBSS that he "had fallen through the net. No explanation or apology was offered for this."

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Maria Mooraby had never heard of the Skipton Fund or the EIBSS. This knowledge was first presented to her by an Inquiry Investigator.

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The EIBSS rejected Andrew Bragg's application and appeals on the grounds that he could not prove that the infection was as the result of NHS actions due to a destruction of medical records.

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