Offences against Children: Compensation
Commons · Question 60330 · Tabled 16 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of grooming gangs have applied for compensation; and how many have been rejected.
Answer
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 24 Jun 2025
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) deeply sympathises with all victims of sexual crimes and recognises the trauma suffered by victims of these abhorrent offences.CICA cannot provide figures about compensation to victims of grooming gangs....