No Delay to Second Interim Response
Infected Blood Inquiry · Infected Blood Inquiry Final Report · Issued 20 May 2024 · Addressed to: UK Government
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
This timetable should not interfere with earlier consideration and response to the Recommendations of the Second Interim Report of the Inquiry.
Infected Blood Inquiry, Infected Blood Inquiry Final Report · 20 May 2024 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:
- Three sets of Infected Blood Compensation Scheme regulations were laid before the December 2024 response, implementing Second Interim Report recommendations without delay (Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations, UK Parliament, 2024).
Response — verbatim from government
●UK Government
The Government understands that the delay on the part of successive governments to take heed of the need for a public inquiry to be held into this matter has led to a fundamental loss of trust in authority for those who have been infected and affected. The recommendations made in the Inquiry’s May 2024 report are being taken very seriously, with work being taken forward across Whitehall, with devolved governments, and external bodies to scrutinise and address them all in full.
In August 2024, we published a summary of the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme. The detail set out on recommendation 1 fulfils the formal obligation to respond to the recommendations made in the Second Interim report. However, as we have outlined, the position on Compensation was not just informed by the Second Interim report, but also parliamentary debate, engagement with the Expert Group and engagement with the community, led by Sir Robert Francis.
UK Government · 14 May 2025 Written response →
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
- 15 Jan 2026 · IBCA Community Update As of 13 January 2026: 3,721 people asked to start claims, 3,546 begun process, 3,074 received offers totalling £2.47bn, 2,861 paid totalling £1.89bn. Third compensation regulations in force 31 December 2025. View source → Good Progress
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