Criminal Injuries Compensation

(asked on 30th March 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many payments were made to victims of crime by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority during 2015; and what the average payment made was by each type of crime.


Answered by
Phillip Lee Portrait
Phillip Lee
This question was answered on 18th April 2017

From 1 February 2015 it became mandatory to indicate the nature of the assault when applying for compensation. Previously, applicants did not have to declare this information. The data we hold includes a significant number of applications paid out in 2015 but registered before then, and where no incident type was recorded. For this reason, we are unable to supply meaningful data about crime types recorded in 2015.

CICA made 30,634 awards from 1 January to 31 December 2015, paying £166,126,356 in compensation. The average award was £5,423.

To ensure the application of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme is as robust as possible there are safeguards built in. If any applicant disagrees with a decision they can apply for a review. If they remain unhappy they can appeal to an independent tribunal. The figures include cases in which the award was paid after review and appeal.

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