Registration and compensation progress update: 29 January 2026
Published 29 January 2026
From: Infected Blood Compensation Authority
Today (29 January 2026) we have released our latest registration and compensation figures.
All the figures on this page are correct as of 27 January 2026.
Registration progress
IBCA opened the register your intent service on 9 October 2025.
Since then, we have received 16,389 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.
Of this number there have been:
- 1,030 registrations of intent from a living infected person, or their representative (this does not include those claiming as living with infection and registered with a support scheme, as they should already have been contacted beforehand)
- 12,815 registrations of intent from a living affected person, or their representative
- 308 registrations of intent relating to a living infected and affected person, or their representative
- 2,231 registrations of intent from people acting on behalf of a deceased infected person
Compensation progress
People asked to begin compensation claims
A total of 3,721 people have been asked to start their claim.
Of this number, 3,558 have started the claim process.
Where fewer than 10 people have been contacted or started the claim process in a reporting period, we don't report the increase to protect people's privacy and make sure no one can be identified.
Compensation offers
So far, 3,111 people have received an offer.
The total value of offers made is £2,492,686,117.63.
People paid
A total of 2,949 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 | 1,682 |
| People paid by core route | 1,267 |
| Total people paid | 2,949 |
Compensation paid
A total of £1,931,442,663.39 has been paid to people.
| Payment route | Amount paid per route |
|---|---|
| Adjusted route | £649,663,651.21 |
| Core route | £1,281,779,012.18 |
| Total | £1,931,442,663.39 |
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.
Next statistics publication
We aim to publish our statistics every fortnight on a Thursday at 9:30am, however, this timetable may be subject to change during holiday periods. Our next publication will be on 12 February 2026.
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