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Samantha Baker agreed in her oral evidence to the Inquiry that by mid 2020 there had not been much progress over the previous year as "the UK Government hadn't been able to secure any additional funding."

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In her oral evidence to the Inquiry, Samantha Baker confirmed that by the end of 2020 there had been no significant progress or developments regarding the achievement of parity.

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The move towards greater parity between the four national schemes gathered momentum in March 2021.

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In his oral evidence to the Inquiry, Martin Bell confirmed that SIBSS would assist potential beneficiaries to access their medical records during the application process for the scheme by speaking to the GP or health board.

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In his written statement to the Inquiry, Bill Wright stated that the Group focused on the lack of trust felt by survivors and: "On the basis that the mental health impacts were 'incontrovertible', provision should be made for those under the scheme as 'Stage one' recipients to self-assess as minimally affected, moderately affected or severely affected."

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On the financial and clinical review groups Bill Wright commented in his written evidence to the Inquiry: "I felt that the voices of the infected and affected had, for once, been listened to."

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In her oral evidence to the Inquiry, Samantha Baker said that the Scottish Government and SIBSS had made a number of other changes to the scheme as a result of stakeholder or beneficiary feedback.

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In her oral evidence to the Inquiry, Samantha Baker said the UK Government announced it would provide funding to enable broad parity of annual and lump sum payments between the four national schemes. Equivalent statements were made in Wales and Northern Ireland but as the Scottish Government was in a pre-election period, a corresponding statement was not made but an indicative statement was provided on the SIBSS website and within the next newsletter.

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The SIBSS website published a summary of changes to the scheme payments in light of the UK Government announcement of 25 March.

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In a written statement by the Welsh Government it was stated that "The enhanced payment will be equivalent to the current rate of payment for those at Stage 2 hepatitis C infection, which is 18,500 per annum."

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During oral evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry Matt Hancock stated that EIBSS was not a compensation scheme but instead a support scheme.

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During oral evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry William Vineall stated that the Department of Health had intended to make the announcement of additional funding for impacted individuals at the beginning of the Inquiry's oral hearings but that it would also have done so irrespective of the Inquiry.

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During oral evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry Brendan Brown confirmed that EIBSS did not get involved with obtaining supporting medical records but instead singposted individuals where they could procure them.

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In a document entitled "Infected Blood: Parity of support across - UK" it was stated that the "Cabinet Office was keen for any announcements be made prior to the Infected Blood Inquiry resuming their gathering of evidence from 30 April 2019...And to make an announcement by 30 April, it was considered that we would not be able to address the cross-UK parity question within the time allowed."

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In an email from Tim Jones to Ailsa Wight and others it was stated that a meeting had been convened with David Lidington and some representatives of the infected and affected where they presented 2 papers for consideration.

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Sir Brian Langstaff, Chairman of the Infected Blood Inquiry, sent a letter to David Lidington, Minister for the Cabinet Office, in relation to the commemoration event before the Inquiry's preliminary hearings and raised the issue of access to financial and psychological support.

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In his written statement William Vineall stated that a change in the EIBSS was implemented in July 2019 which meant that discretionary income top-ups were no longer part of the support scheme for infected persons and non-discretionary annual payments were increased.

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Within her written statement to the Inquiry Jackie Doyle-Price reflected how she was able to achieve an uplift in payments to achieve parity with Scotland

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Within a submission Seamus Camplisson to Richard Pengelly and Robin Swann in Northern Ireland described the decision to raise payments as a political decision

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Within Parliamentary Material it is announced the recently announced £30 million uplift in payments in England will be coming from existing 2019/20 Department of Health and Social Care's non-National Health Service budget and is not a new allocation from HM Treasury.

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