Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Victims' Commissioner's review of the criminal injuries compensation scheme.

We welcome the Victims’ Commissioner’s report, ‘Compensation without re-traumatisation’, which was published on 23 January.

We will be considering carefully the report’s findings and recommendations as part of our ongoing review of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. The terms of reference for the review were published on 18 December 2018, and include consideration of how the Scheme can best reflect the changing nature of violent crime, and effectively support victims in their recovery. We intend to publish proposals later this year.