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Letters were sent clarifying that there had been a misunderstanding and that in fact the Department of Health had met with Lord Archer's Inquiry team and released documents.

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Vijay Mehan described getting easy information out of William Connon as like getting blood out of a stone

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William Connon wrote that he had asked Mr Mehan to submit Lord Archer's questions in advance of a meeting

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Officials were critical of the questions received from the Archer Inquiry team and their apparent lack of knowledge.

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After meeting with the Archer Inquiry team, officials criticised their lack of knowledge

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Email correspondence from William Cannon around the Archer Inquiry held that they should try to discourage detailed discussions about the issues raised in the Inquiry

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On becoming Secretary of State for Health, Alan Johnson was briefed that any direct involvement of the Department with the Inquiry would be inappropriate and undesirable.

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Reflecting back, Alan Johnson told the Inquiry that the approach of co-operating with the Archer Inquiry did not strike him as inappropriate

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The new Scottish Government's position was that an inquiry would be the best way forward.

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At a meeting between the Scottish Executive and the Scottish Haemophilia Forum it was confirmed that, after the Archer Inquiry, a separate Scottish inquiry would be held.

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The Penrose Inquiry in Scotland was formally announced in parliament by Nicola Sturgeon

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The Court of Session quashed the decisions of the Lord Advocate and of Scottish ministers refusing to hold Fatal Accident Inquiries holding that they had acted in a manner incompatible with the rights of the deceased.

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Dr Ailsa Wight set out a variety of options for the Department of Health in response to the establishment of an inquiry in Scotland

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A parliamentary note from Dawn Primarolo held that the government line not to hold an inquiry should be maintained.

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Dawn Primarolo maintained her position that the Department was not to join the Scottish inquiry

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A memo outlined the disadvantages of joining the Scottish inquiry including the loss of control on whether and how to give evidence, fewer options in terms of policy on final recommendations and cost.

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The government line to take during the Penrose Inquiry included that the inquiry be confined to Scottish matters, ex gratia payments for those affected had already been implemented, and no new information had surfaced to warrant holding an inquiry.

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Throughout the Penrose Inquiry the Department of Health's line remained that no public inquiry was necessary.

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Prime Minister, David Cameron, provided an apology

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Prime Minister, David Cameron, believed he was right to give an apology

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