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Miscarriages of Justice: Compensation

Commons · Question 73872 · Tabled 1 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 4 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Liz Saville Roberts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of retrospectively removing deductions of saved living costs from miscarriage of justice compensation awards made before August 2023.

Answer

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 4 Sep 2025

Individuals who have had their convictions quashed following an out of time appeal are eligible to apply for compensation through the statutory Miscarriages of Justice Application Service. Compensation payments made after 6 August 2023 no longer have save...