Policy paper

Further Interim Compensation Payments for Estates

Updated 25 November 2025

Infected Blood Estates Interim Payments opened on 24 October 2024, providing payments of £100,000 to the estates of deceased infected beneficiaries who were not previously recognised in the first round of interim compensation payments.

On 9 July 2025 the Infected Blood Inquiry (“the Inquiry”) published its Additional Report on Compensation. The Inquiry made recommendations to the Cabinet Office and to the Infected Blood Compensation Authority. 

In addition to responding to the Inquiry’s recommendations, the Minister for the Cabinet Office announced a new interim payment of £210,000 on 21 July 2025 for the estate of someone registered with an Infected Blood Support Scheme (IBSS) or predecessor scheme (on or before 17 April 2024) who sadly passed away.

Further Interim Payments to Estates

On Thursday 23 October, applications opened for interim payments of £210,000 for eligible estates of someone registered with an IBSS or predecessor scheme (on or before 17 April 2024) who sadly passed away. This is in addition to the £100,000 interim payments to the estates of deceased infected beneficiaries which opened in October 2024.

This means that if you are the personal representative of an eligible estate, you may now be able to apply for interim payments of up to £310,000 in total. Further information on how much the estate might be eligible for is available under ‘eligibility’.

You can apply for estates interim payments at the following page: Apply for compensation

Due to a high volume of applications, it may take the Infected Blood Support Schemes longer than usual to acknowledge or process your application.

Eligibility

For an estate to be eligible, the person who died must have been registered with an existing UK IBSS, or former Alliance House Organisation (AHO) scheme (The Macfarlane Trust, Eileen Trust, Skipton Fund or Caxton Foundation), on or before 17 April 2024.

• If the estate, a living infected person who has since sadly passed away, or a bereaved partner has already received £100,000, the estate may be eligible for a further £210,000.
• If no interim payment has yet been made to the estate, a living infected person or a bereaved partner, the estate may now be eligible for an interim payment of £310,000.

Applying for a further estates interim payment

Applying if you previously received an estates interim payment of £100,000:

• If the same personal representative is applying, probate remains unchanged since your previous application to an IBSS, and payment is to be made to the same recipient as the previous estates interim payment, there is an expedited application form that requires less information than you provided previously. This application form is available by contacting the relevant IBSS.

If probate has changed since your previous application, or you would like payment to be made to a different recipient from your previous interim payment:

• You will need to complete an application form.

Applying if you have not previously received an estates interim payment:

• If you have not previously received an estates interim payment, you will need to apply using an application form.
• Those who received a previous interim payment of £100,000 in their capacity as a bereaved partner should also use this application form.

You must have probate (or confirmation in Scotland) to claim. Further information on how to apply for probate or confirmation, including if all of the executors of the estate have died, as well as contact details can be found here: Applying for probate or confirmation.

Alongside a certified copy of the  grant of probate, letters of administration (or confirmation in Scotland), you will also need:

• To show proof of your identity, by providing a certified copy of your passport or driving licence. If you are unable to provide a driving licence or passport, please contact the Infected Blood Support Scheme
• 2 documents providing proof of your address, for example a bank statement or utility bill issued in the last 6 months

Claiming back legal costs associated with probate

If your claim for compensation is successful, you can claim back the costs associated with your probate application (or confirmation in Scotland).

This includes: 

• The actual cost of your legal fees towards the cost of applying for a Grant of Probate, Confirmation, Letters of Administration or Grant de Bonis Non up to a maximum of £1,500 for each estate
• The court fee for obtaining a Grant of Probate, Confirmation, Letters of Administration or Grant de Bonis Non (exact amount)

If a successful legal costs claim has previously been made by an estate, the reimbursement is capped at a total of £1,500 across all claims.

Next steps

Applications for estates interim payments are open