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The "Expert Report to the Infected Blood Inquiry: Statistics" by the Statistics Expert Group identified how donor leaflets had been introduced generally in September 1983.

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Within Professor John Barbara's evidence to the Inquiry he describes how there was some possible merit, certainly worth considering, of anti-HBc as an indication of past or present infection.

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The World Health Organization produced a draft report which accepted that a test, indirectly related to particular risk groups, could theoretically help to identify individuals who were at risk of AIDS.

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NBTS Advisory Committee meeting minutes reported on "a survey of two studies, at Bristol and North London". The proportion of donations which might be excluded by a positive test in Bristol was 0.75%, whereas in North London it was 2.6%. Dr Brian McClelland agreed to submit a proposal for a further study on anti-HBc screening in time for the next meeting early in 1984.

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Anna Soubry told the Inquiry that the various schemes were very difficult for people to access and very little was being done to change the system with respect to Hepatitis C payments.

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A memo was prepared to Anna Soubry with options for reforming the Hepatitis C payments system.

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A memo from Ben Cole to PS(PH) and the Secretary of State concerned the options for reforming the Hepatitis C payments system.

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A memo from Ben Cole to PS(PH) and the Secretary of State sought advice on options for reform on the Hepatitis C payments system.

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The fact that there was very little political will to change the system with respect to Hepatitis C payments was put forward to David Cameron.

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David Cameron held that he was increasingly frustrated at the delay in the publication of the Penrose report, not only for the sake of the victims but also because he was out of time in the Parliament to respond with any meaningful reform.

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David Cameron pledged up to £25 million that financial year to support transitional arrangements to a better payments system as well as apologising for the infected blood scandal on behalf of the Government.

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The Department of Health published its response to the consultation, setting out its decision to have a single scheme administrator which was only applicable to England. The decision was announced by David Cameron on the same day.

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A memo considered how to address the lower end of the spectrum in terms of payments and managing the expectations of campaigners.

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In May 2014 ministers had agreed that there needed to be wholesale reform of the AHOs by rationalising them into one organisation.

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A submission to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, Jane Ellison, advised that there should be consultation with counterparts in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to seek their views about scheme changes.

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David Cameron was advised by his special adviser that "Doing nothing is no longer an option".

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David Cameron was briefed that his special adviser was "pushing DH" to announce "a review of the whole system of financial support for infected individuals and bereaved relatives".

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Jeremy Hunt told Parliament he was frustrated that awaiting publication of Lord Penrose's report had caused postponement of considerations on the design of a future system.

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Jeremy Hunt announced £25 million that financial year to support transitional arrangements to a better payments system as well as apologising for the infected blood scandal on behalf of the Government.

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In his written evidence to the Inquiry, David Cameron said he believed it was right to apologise for the scandal (which he did during Prime Minister's Questions) and at the same time announced an extra 25 million for victims and a consultation on how best to spend that money and reform the payments system.

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