Criminal Injuries Compensation: Children

(asked on 4th September 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether a victim who is aged 16 or under at the time of an offence is eligible to make a claim to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.


Answered by
Phillip Lee Portrait
Phillip Lee
This question was answered on 12th September 2017

In respect of PQ 6900, I refer the honourable member to the answer given to PQ 6393 on 28 July 2017.

The table below provides the information requested in PQ 6908, which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=criminal-injuries-compensation-authority:

Year

Number of claims received by CICA

Successful claims

2015/16

32,415

13,266

2016/17

31,563

13,866

Claims that were successful in each of the two years were not necessarily received within those financial years. Therefore the number in the third column does not necessarily relate to the same group of cases as is listed in the second column.

In respect of PQ 6901, a victim who is aged 16 or under at the time of the offence can make a claim to the CICA. Usually if they are still under 16 at the time they apply to CICA the parent or other person with parental responsibility for the child should complete an application on their behalf.

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