Compensation progress update: 18 December 2025
Published 18 December 2025
From: Infected Blood Compensation Authority
Today (18 December 2025) we have released our latest compensation figures.
All the figures on this page are correct as of 16 December 2025.
IBCA opened the register your intent service on 9 October. Since then, we have received 14,904 registrations of intent to make a compensation claim with us.
This figure represents individual registrations, not unique people or claims. This is because some people may have registered more than once.
People asked to begin compensation claims
A total of 3,710 people have been asked to start their claim.
Of this number, 3,510 have started the claim process.
Compensation offers
So far, 2,963 people have received an offer.
The total value of offers made is £2,363,546,298.44.
People paid
A total of 2,714 people have had their compensation paid.
Those who have chosen to continue receiving payments from their existing support schemes for life, with an additional compensation amount from IBCA, are described as the ‘adjusted’ route.
Those who have chosen to receive all of their compensation in a one-off compensation payment directly from IBCA, and no longer receive regular support scheme payments for life, are described as the ‘core’ route.
| Payment route | Number of people paid |
|---|---|
| People paid by adjusted route | 1,531 |
| People paid by core route | 1,183 |
| Total people paid | 2,714 |
Compensation paid
A total of £1,801,992,715.99 has been paid to people.
| Payment route | Amount paid per route |
|---|---|
| Adjusted route | £592,710,233.57 |
| Core route | £1,209,282,482.42 |
| Total | £1,801,992,715.99 |
The ‘adjusted’ route compensation figure above only includes the amount that IBCA has paid to people when they’ve chosen the adjusted route. It does not include payments for life that people continue to receive from the support schemes.
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