Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in Birmingham received awards under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what the value of those awards was.

The table below provides the number of compensation awards paid in each of the last five calendar years to applicants living in Birmingham.

Number of compensation awards paid to applicants living in Birmingham* **:

* The above table includes all awards where the applicant named Birmingham as the city in their home address in their application.

**The table does not include archived bereavement applications because the address of the applicant is not retained. In most cases, applications are archived three years after the case has been closed.