AC-1a Accepted

Open Registration

Infected Blood Inquiry · Additional Report on Compensation · Issued 9 July 2025 · Addressed to: IBCA

Source — verbatim from the inquiry

Inquiry recommendation

The scheme be opened to registration to everyone who may be eligible.

Infected Blood Inquiry, Additional Report on Compensation · 9 Jul 2025 Source PDF →

Published evidence summary

Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:

- The Government stated in July 2025 that further detail on IBCA delivery recommendations would be set out by IBCA in due course (Infected Blood Inquiry Additional Report: Government Response, Cabinet Office, July 2025).
- IBCA confirmed that registration is open to infected persons, affected persons, and estates of deceased infected persons via ibca.org.uk (IBCA Community Update, January 2026).
- As of 13 January 2026, 3,721 people had been asked to start claims (IBCA Community Update, January 2026).

Response — verbatim from government

IBCA

The remaining 11 recommendations focus on IBCA delivery. Further detail on these will be set out by IBCA in due course.

IBCA · 21 Jul 2025 Written response →

Evidence trail — what's actually happened since

  • 21 Jul 2025 Registration is open to infected persons, affected persons, and estates of deceased infected persons via ibca.org.uk. As of 12 March 2026, 17,511 registrations of intent have been received: 1,133 from living infected persons, 13,651 from living affected persons, 319 from living infected and affected persons, and 2,408 on behalf of deceased infected persons. (Source: IBCA Community Update, 12 March 2026) Source →
  • 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
  • 31 Dec 2025 · UK Parliament Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 established IBCA. Three sets of scheme regulations in force (Aug 2024, Mar 2025, Dec 2025). First payments December 2024. £1.89bn paid to 2,861 people by January 2026. View source → Good Progress

Each entry above links to a primary source — gov.uk written statement, consultation response document, or inspection report. The Index does not characterise government intent; it tracks what has been published.

How this page is built

Source and Response are verbatim from primary documents. The Evidence trail records published activity since — written statements, consultation outcomes, inspection findings, parliamentary references. The Index does not paraphrase or characterise intent; it tracks what has been published. Where the evidence is the absence of action (a missed deadline, a slipped timetable), that absence is documented from primary sources rather than inferred.

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