Infected blood scandal: Treasury refuses to publish key documents

Response to FoI request from victim's son says disclosure may attract disruptive' media coverage

The Treasury is refusing to publish key documents about the treatment of haemophiliacs infected by the NHS with HIV on the grounds that it would be disruptive" and material might be distorted" by the media.

The unusual reasons cited by officials for refusing a Freedom of Information (FoI) request have emerged before a new round of public hearings at the Infected Blood Inquiry