Oral Representations at Review
Infected Blood Inquiry · Additional Report on Compensation · Issued 9 July 2025 · Addressed to: IBCA
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
IBCA consider making provision, either generally or in specific cases, for oral representations to be made where a decision is reviewed internally, and for the individual concerned and/or their lawyer to attend the review panel.
Infected Blood Inquiry, Additional Report on Compensation · 9 Jul 2025 Source PDF →
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 No public information available on whether IBCA has made provision for oral representations at the internal review stage. 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
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