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Compensation: Court Orders

Commons · Question 27193 · Tabled 3 Sep 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 10 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Joshua Reynolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether HM Courts and Tribunals Service has a procedure for escalating cases where a compensation order has remained wholly unpaid for more than two years despite repeated enquiries from the victim.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 10 Sep 2026

There is no specific escalation process for cases where a compensation order has remained unpaid for more than two years. However, HMCTS takes the recovery and enforcement of all financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to ensuring impos...