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Policy paper

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

This page provides a deposit for all materials published by the Government related to the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.

From:
Infected Blood Compensation Authority and Cabinet Office
PublishedPublished:
12 February 2025
Last updatedupdated:
830 July 2026 — See all updates

Documents

Explainer: Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (PDF)

PDF, 1.08 MB, 80 pages

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Explainer: Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (HTML)

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: user-friendly explainer (PDF)

PDF, 1.11 MB, 27 pages

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Living infected persons (PDF)

PDF, 293 KB, 12 pages

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Living infected persons (HTML)

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Estates of a deceased infected person (PDF)

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Estates of a deceased infected person (HTML)

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Bereaved partners of infected people (PDF)

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Bereaved partners of infected people (HTML)

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Affected people (PDF)

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Affected people (HTML)

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Case study calculations

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Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Summary: August 2024 (Withdrawn)

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infected-blood-compensation-scheme-summary-august-2024

Details

This page provides a deposit for all materials published by the Government related to the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.

Updates to this page

Published 12 February 2025
Last updated 830 July 2026 — Show all updates

  1. Updated information on estates interim payments

  2. Scheme summary case studies updated

  3. Updated explainer for June 2026 draft regulations

  4. Updated the document: Government Update on the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme and the section: Impact on tax and benefits - Taxation

  5. Added the document: Government Update on the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (PDF)

  6. Updated the documents: Government Update on the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Infected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Living infected persons Infected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Estates of a deceased infected person Infected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Bereaved partners of infected people Infected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Affected people

  7. Updated the following documents: Government Update on the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (HTML) Infected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Bereaved partners of infected people Added the following document: Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: user friendly explainer

  8. First published.

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Update history

2026-08-27 10:55
Made amendments to the document ‘Infected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Bereaved partners of infected people’ to make clearer the circumstances in which IBCA can be directed to pay an infected person’s care award to an affected person

2026-08-27 10:53
Made amendments to the document ‘Infected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Affected people’ to make clearer the circumstances in which IBCA can be directed to pay an infected person’s care award to an affected person.

2026-07-30 10:00
Updated information on estates interim payments

2026-07-08 09:52
Scheme summary case studies updated

2026-07-01 14:00
Updated explainer for June 2026 draft regulations

2025-11-26 14:00
Updated the document: Government Update on the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme and the section: Impact on tax and benefits – Taxation

2025-11-04 11:09
Added the document: Government Update on the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (PDF)

2025-10-30 09:30
Updated the documents: Government Update on the Infected Blood Compensation SchemeInfected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Living infected personsInfected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Estates of a deceased infected personInfected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Bereaved partners of infected peopleInfected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Affected people

2025-03-31 10:00
Updated the following documents:Government Update on the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (HTML)Infected Blood Compensation Scheme overview: Bereaved partners of infected peopleAdded the following document: Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: user friendly explainer

2025-02-12 11:46
First published.