Recommendation IBI-A-8a: Supplementary Route for Affected Persons
From Additional Report on Compensation, published 9 July 2025.
Recommendation
The Minister give consideration to there being a supplementary route for people affected. This could include opening the supplemental award for severe psychological harm to people affected. He should involve parents, children, siblings, partners and carers, and their legal representatives if wished, in this consideration.
In brief (written by this site)
The Inquiry asked the Minister to consider a supplementary compensation route for affected people. In July 2026, the Cabinet Office stated that regulations introduced a 50% uplift to core injury awards for eligible bereaved parents, bereaved partners, and certain children and siblings, though carers were not mentioned (Cabinet Office, Jul 2026). This followed the department's April 2026 consultation response confirming higher compensation for some affected individuals (Cabinet Office, Apr 2026). In July 2025, it had agreed to consult affected family members and carers on whether a route for severe psychological harm was feasible without causing significant delay (Cabinet Office response, Jul 2025).
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Government response
In his oral evidence to the Inquiry, the Minister for the Cabinet Office agreed to look again at how the Scheme compensates affected people through a supplementary route. The Government has accepted the Inquiry's recommendation to consult on whether it is feasible to implement a supplementary route for additional compensation for affected people who suffered the severest harms. The Government will consult with parents, children, siblings, partners and carers, and their legal representatives if wished, on whether it is possible to implement a supplementary route for the affected based on severe psychological harm, as the Inquiry has suggested, without causing significant delay to the process of compensation as a whole.
Delivery
Cabinet Office says in progress (23 July 2026)
Following the consultation, these Regulations introduce a 50% uplift to the core Injury award for some affected people. Eligible bereaved parents whose infected child died under the age of 18 will receive an uplifted Injury award to recognise the profound impact of this loss. Eligible bereaved partners will also receive an uplifted Injury award to recognise the deep emotional harm of losing a partner. Growing up in a home or family impacted by infected blood meant that people suffered increased mental and emotional harm. For this reason, children and siblings of infected people who were affected whilst they were under the age of 18 will also receive an uplifted Injury award, calculated based on the highest severity of infection the infected person experienced during childhood.
From: Explanatory Memorandum to the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Site note: The Cabinet Office's Explanatory Memorandum to the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/872). The memorandum carries no date of its own; the row is dated 23 July 2026, the day the Regulations were made. They came into force the next day.
Earlier statement on delivery (1)
Cabinet Office (14 April 2026)
Some affected people will receive more core compensation. To reflect the unique and long-lasting impact of their experiences, the following affected people will receive a 50% uplift to their Injury award:
From: Government response to consultation on proposed changes to the infected blood compensation scheme
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- UK Government
Response - Cabinet Office
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