Criminal Injuries Compensation
(asked on 29th April 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of payments provided by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme were (a) child, (b) dependency, (c) funeral and (d) bereavement compensation payments in each year since 2010-11.
The table below shows the proportion of cases in which a relevant payment was made in each financial year. This is expressed as a percentage of the volume of resolved cases in which an award was made. More than one type of payment may have been made to each eligible applicant.
Financial Year | Bereavement Award | Child Payment | Dependency Payment | Funeral Payment |
2010/11 | 2.8% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
2011/12 | 3.0% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
2012/13 | 4.6% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 1.8% |
2013/14 | 5.7% | 1.5% | 0.3% | 2.2% |
2014/15 | 6.2% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 2.3% |
2015/16 | 4.7% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 1.9% |
2016/17 | 4.9% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 2.0% |
2017/18 | 7.5% | 1.8% | 0.6% | 3.0% |