Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority have been made in each of the last five years.
We sympathise with all victims of violent crime. The latest scheme, introduced in November 2012, focuses awards on those who have suffered the most serious injuries. The figures for the past 5 financial years are given in the table below.
| Applications made to CICA |
2010 - 2011 | 61,292 |
2011 - 2012 | 58,195 |
2012 - 2013 | 47,889 |
2013-2014 | 33,688 |
2014 -2015 | 32,595 |