Public Inquiry

Infected Blood Inquiry

Status: Completed Chair: Sir Brian Langstaff Established: Sep 2018 Report: May 2024 Commissioned by: Cabinet Office

Examining how thousands of NHS patients were infected with HIV and Hepatitis C through contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s. Found the scandal could largely have been avoided and victims were failed by the NHS, government, and blood …

IBCA compensation progress. The Infected Blood Compensation Authority publishes registration and compensation progress statistics roughly every fortnight.

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Response breakdown

103 recommendations total

72%

27%

74 (72%) — Accepted

28 (27%) — Accepted in Part

1 (1%) — Under Review

Data last updated: 14 Apr 2026 · Source · Data verified: 11 Jun 2026 (Claude)

Key facts

Duration: 7 years, 6 months Total cost: £146.2m Core participants: 2,007

Reports & milestones

Reports

09 Jul 2025 26 tracked recs Additional Report on Compensation · Tracked recommendations · PDF

20 May 2024 58 tracked recs Infected Blood Inquiry Final Report · Tracked recommendations · PDF

29 Jul 2022 1 tracked rec First Interim Report · Tracked recommendations · PDF

05 Apr 2023 18 tracked recs Second Interim Report · Tracked recommendations · PDF

Timeline

11 Jul 2017 Inquiry Announced Prime Minister Theresa May announced a public inquiry. · Source

11 Jul 2017 Chair Appointed Sir Brian Langstaff appointed as Chair.

25 Jul 2018 Terms of Referenc… Terms of Reference published. · Source

30 Apr 2019 Hearings Begin Public hearings commenced.

19 Jul 2022 First Interim Rep… Interim report on compensation framework. · Source

05 Apr 2023 Second Interim Re… Second interim report with further compensation recommendations.

20 May 2024 Final Report Publ… Final report published finding decades of cover-up. · Source

21 May 2024 Government Apology Prime Minister issued full apology in Parliament. · Source

Show all 12 milestones

23 Aug 2024 Compensation Sche… Infected Blood Compensation Scheme formally established.

01 Dec 2024 First Payments Ma… First compensation payments made to eligible infected persons.

09 Jul 2025 Additional Report… Sir Brian Langstaff published a further report focused on compensation, additional to the 20 May 2024 Inquiry Report. · Source

21 Jul 2025 Government Respon… Government published its response to the Inquiry's Additional Report on Compensation. · Source

Recommendations

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Code	Recommendation	Addressed to	Response
IR1-1	Interim Compensation Payments An interim payment, of no less than £100,000, should be paid to all those infected and all bereaved partners currently registered with …	UK Government	Accepted	View →

Parliamentary activity

387 mentions since Sep 2017

52 debates 285 questions 45 statements

09 Jul 2026 Written Question Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
Lord Patten (Conservative)

03 Jul 2026 Written Question Cabinet Office: Buildings
Mike Wood (Conservative)

15 Jun 2026 Early Day Motion Infected Blood Inquiry compensation
Lisa Smart (Liberal Democrat)

19 May 2026 Written Question Infected Blood Inquiry: Costs
Mike Wood (Conservative)

13 May 2026 Early Day Motion Redress for people impacted by surgical mesh, sodium valproate and Primodos
Sarah Green (Liberal Democrat)

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Costs

Total: £146,162,778

Period	Total	Inquiry legal	CP legal	Source
Mar 2025 (cum.)	£146,162,778	£67,290,993	£27,242,761	link
Mar 2025	£5,511,059	£1,514,906	£603,277	link
Mar 2024	£10,301,344	£5,354,237	£937,131	link
Mar 2023	£28,254,992	£11,694,492	£7,154,110	link
Mar 2022	£32,522,939	£15,491,533	£5,778,813	link
Mar 2021	£34,270,948	£20,797,365	£4,505,612	link
Mar 2020	£25,992,907	£9,959,119	£5,742,876	link
Mar 2019	£9,308,693	£2,479,341	£2,520,943	link