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Criminal Injuries Compensation: Offenders

Commons · Question 53052 · Tabled 19 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 22 May 2025

Question

Asked by Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of cases in which an applicant to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme had a criminal conviction did the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority apply discretion in (a) 2020, (b) 2021, (c

Answer

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 22 May 2025

The table below shows the number and proportion of resolved applications in each calendar year where the applicant had an unspent conviction and the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) applied discretion to make an award.Calendar year of decis...