General public survey results: December 2025

Understanding of the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

Awareness of the compensation scheme has remained consistent. More than three in five (61%) have heard of the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme, which is marginally more than have heard of IBCA (53%). However, very few (2%) know a lot about it and about a third (35%) have never heard of it.

Those who either know about IBCA or the Infected Blood Scandal overall are more likely to report knowing a lot about the compensation scheme (19%, 9% vs 2%).

Before this survey, how much, if anything, did you know about the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme?

	April 2025	December 2025
A lot	2%	2%
A fair amount	9%	10%
A little	26%	26%
Heard about	25%	23%
Never heard of	35%	35%
% Net: Heard of	62%	61%

Before this survey, how much, if anything, did you know about who was eligible for compensation through the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme?

	April 2025	December 2025
A lot	2%	2%
A fair amount	8%	9%
A little	21%	22%
Heard about	28%	27%
Never heard of	35%	34%
% Net: Heard of	59%	59%

To what extent, if at all, are you concerned about each of the following?

	Those eligible being victims of fraud	People who are not eligible applying for it
Very	14%	13%
Fairly	33%	27%
Not very	22%	26%
Not at all	7%	11%
Don't know / prefer not to say	25%	23%
% Net: Concerned	47%	40%
% Net: Not concerned	28%	37%

People are concerned about people fraudulently applying for compensation regardless of their trust in IBCA; 50% of those who view IBCA as trustworthy express concern about this, as do 58% of those who view it as untrustworthy.

Concerns around eligible people being victims of fraud are particularly high amongst those from ethnic minorities (66%), those aged between 18–24 (64%) and carers (60%).