Victims' Payments Scheme

(asked on 11th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make it his policy to decide whether to remove the 31 August 2024 deadline for applications to the Victims' Payments Board by 19 December 2023.


Answered by
Steve Baker Portrait
Steve Baker
Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)
This question was answered on 14th December 2023

The Victims Payments Regulations (2020) requires the Secretary of State to conduct a review and report on the operation of the scheme between August 2023 and August 2024. This review provides the most appropriate means to thoroughly consider the issue of backdating. It will be conducted as early as is practicable within the review period, in order to allow sufficient time to take action on this matter and others should it be required.

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