Infected Blood Compensation Framework Study
This page provides information about the study carried out by Sir Robert Francis QC into a framework for compensation. This study is separate from the Infected Blood Inquiry.
On 7 June 2022, the Government published the Compensation Framework Study report which you can find below, together with the accompanying Written Ministerial Statement from the Paymaster General.
Information about the report
Information about the Study
Sir Robert’s study was commissioned by the former Paymaster General, the Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP. Chair of the Inquiry, Sir Brian Langstaff said in response to the Minister’s announcement on 25 March 2021:
‘The statement also sets out the Government’s intention to appoint an independent reviewer to carry out a study looking at options for a framework for compensation to inform the Government’s preparations for what the Inquiry may recommend. I want to reassure you that this is completely separate from the Inquiry, that it does not affect the Inquiry’s terms of reference and that we will continue in our investigative work to get to the truth of what happened, and, where recommendations are appropriate, to make them. I anticipate that the Inquiry will want to hear from the reviewer once the proposals are published, and that all core participants will have the opportunity to express their views to me on those proposals.’
You can find the Study terms of reference, Written Ministerial Statement, of 25 March 2021, together with a statement from Inquiry Chair Sir Brian Langstaff and subsequent documents about the compensation study below.