Criminal Injuries Compensation
(asked on 21st January 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to require the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority to compensate families of victims of criminal offences.
This question was answered on 27th January 2016
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme compensates victims of violent crime who have sustained physical or mental injuries.
In cases where the victim of a violent crime has died, close family members of the deceased may be eligible to receive awards such as bereavement and dependency payments for the loss of a loved one. The rules governing such payments are set out in the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.