Thank you for your email received on 16 February 2026, which you made a request for access to certain information which may be held by the Infected Blood Compensation Authority.
As you may be aware, the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Infected Blood Compensation Authority), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.
We have now had the opportunity to fully consider your request and we provide a response for your attention.
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the HR directorate of the Infected Blood Compensation Authority. We can confirm that the information you have requested is held by the Infected Blood Compensation Authority.
You asked the following
- How many claim managers are in post currently?
- How many confirmed vacancies are there?
- Is the onboarding of claim managers still ongoing?
Please can these questions be answered for both the Newcastle and Glasgow site.
Our response
We have now had the opportunity to fully consider your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and have provided a response for your attention below.
- 338
- There are 232 planned Claim Manager vacancies
- Yes