Criminal Injuries Compensation: Greater Manchester
(asked on 10th February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (a) how many people received awards and (b) what the value of those awards were in (i) Salford and (ii) Wigan in each of the last five years.
The table below provides the number of compensation awards paid in each of the last five calendar years to applicants living in Salford, and the value of those awards.
Salford
Calendar Year | Number of awards paid | Total value of those awards |
2020 | 35 | £194,060 |
2021 | 18 | £108,830 |
2022 | 42 | £332,287 |
2023 | 33 | £565,719 |
2024 | 41 | £296,010 |
The table below provides the number of compensation awards paid in each of the last five calendar years to applicants living in Wigan, and the value of those awards.
Wigan
Calendar Year | Number of awards paid | Total value of those awards |
2020 | 81 | £604,141 |
2021 | 51 | £440,578 |
2022 | 53 | £459,049 |
2023 | 68 | £833,057 |
2024 | 65 | £1,105,245 |
*The tables do 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.
**The above tables include all awards where the applicant named Wigan or Salford as the town in their home address in their application.