Criminal Injuries Compensation: Appeals

(asked on 9th May 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of decisions made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority on applications for compensation were overturned on appeal in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 17th May 2019

The table below shows the number and proportion of decisions made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in each year since 2010-11 which were subsequently overturned on appeal.

There are a number of decisions made where the appeal outcome is yet to be determined.

Period

Number of decisions overturned on appeal

Proportion

2010-11

876

1.59%

2011-12

858

1.53%

2012-13

580

1.12%

2013-14

290

0.72%

2014-15

173

0.51%

2015-16

92

0.35%

2016-17

92

0.31%

2017-18

75

0.19%

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