Asked by: Laurence Turner (Labour - Birmingham Northfield)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2012 to Question 124834, on Criminal Injuries Compensation, if she will uprate the figures given in that Answer to 2024 prices.
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The following table sets out the value of each of the tariff bands in the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS) along with how much each of the tariff bands would be worth in 2012 and 2024, if they had increased by the rate of inflation since 1996 using each of the indices (a) RPI and (b) CPI:
Band | Tariff amount [1996] | (a) Inflated amount (RPI) [2012] | (b) Inflated amount (CPI) [2012] | (a) Inflated amount (RPI) [2024] | (b) Inflated amount (CPI) [2024] |
1 | £1,000 | £1,540 | £1,358 | £2,532 | £1,946 |
2 | £1,250 | £1,925 | £1,697 | £3,166 | £2,433 |
3 | £1,500 | £2,310 | £2,036 | £3,799 | £2,919 |
4 | £1,750 | £2,695 | £2,376 | £4,432 | £3,406 |
5 | £2,000 | £3,081 | £2,715 | £5,065 | £3,892 |
6 | £2,500 | £3,851 | £3,394 | £6,331 | £4,866 |
7 | £3,300 | £5,083 | £4,480 | £8,357 | £6,423 |
8 | £3,800 | £5,853 | £5,159 | £9,623 | £7,396 |
9 | £4,400 | £6,777 | £5,973 | £11,143 | £8,563 |
10 | £5,500 | £8,472 | £7,467 | £13,928 | £10,704 |
11 | £6,600 | £10,166 | £8,960 | £16,714 | £12,845 |
12 | £8,200 | £12,630 | £11,132 | £20,766 | £15,959 |
13 | £11,000 | £16,943 | £14,933 | £27,857 | £21,408 |
14 | £13,500 | £20,794 | £18,327 | £34,188 | £26,274 |
15 | £16,500 | £25,415 | £22,400 | £41,785 | £32,113 |
16 | £19,000 | £29,265 | £25,793 | £48,116 | £36,978 |
17 | £22,000 | £33,886 | £29,866 | £55,713 | £42,817 |
18 | £27,000 | £41,587 | £36,654 | £68,375 | £52,548 |
19 | £33,000 | £50,829 | £44,799 | £83,570 | £64,225 |
20 | £44,000 | £67,772 | £59,732 | £111,426 | £85,634 |
21 | £55,000 | £84,715 | £74,665 | £139,283 | £107,042 |
22 | £82,000 | £126,303 | £111,319 | £207,658 | £159,590 |
23 | £110,000 | £169,430 | £149,330 | £278,566 | £214,084 |
24 | £175,000 | £269,548 | £237,571 | £443,173 | £340,589 |
25 | £250,000 | £385,069 | £339,387 | £633,104 | £486,555 |
Asked by: Laurence Turner (Labour - Birmingham Northfield)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the expenditure of her Department's criminal injuries hardship fund has been in each year since its creation.
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The below table shows the compensation spend under the Hardship Fund in each financial year. It does not include the running costs of the Hardship Fund. The Hardship Fund opened on 27 November 2012.
Financial Year | Amount Paid |
2012/13 | £883.03 |
2013/14 | £1,116.05 |
2014/15 | £1,475.85 |
2015/16 | £312.68 |
2016/17 | £313 |
2017/18 | 0 |
2018/19 | 0 |
2019/20 | 0 |
2020/21 | 0 |
2021/22 | 0 |
2022/23 | 0 |
2023/24 | 0 |
Asked by: Laurence Turner (Labour - Birmingham Northfield)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 08 July 2019 to Question 261492, on Criminal Injuries Compensation, if she will publish the same information for each year since 2017-18.
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The information in the table below sets out the criminal injuries compensation spend for each of the years shown (as published in the CICA Annual Report and Accounts). It does not include compensation awarded under the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme.
Year | Compensation Spend |
2017/18 | £155,840,000 |
2018/19 | £130,359,000 |
2019/20 | £194,839,000 |
2020/21 | £153,367,000 |
2021/22 | £158,192,000 |
2022/23 | £173,089,000 |
2023/24 | £164,620,000 |
Asked by: Charlotte Nichols (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received awards under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme in Warrington in each of the last five years or which figures are available; and what the value of those awards was.
Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The table below provides the number of compensation awards paid in each of the last five calendar years to applicants living in Warrington.
Number of compensation awards paid to applicants living in Warrington* **
Calendar Year | Number of awards paid | Total value of those awards |
2020 | 79 | £955,381 |
2021 | 65 | £685,608 |
2022 | 61 | £684,051 |
2023 | 92 | £701,724 |
2024 | 52 | £702,440 |
*The above table includes all awards where the applicant named Warrington as the town 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.
Asked by: Charlotte Nichols (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average processing time was for applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme by people resident in Warrington in each of the last five years.
Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The table below shows the average time for decisions to be made on applications* for criminal injuries compensation by people resident in Warrington**.
Calendar Year | Average time (days) |
2020 | 279 |
2021 | 423 |
2022 | 340 |
2023 | 352 |
2024 | 317 |
*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.
**The above table includes all awards where the applicant named Warrington as the town in their home address in their application.
Over the last three years, we have seen continued growth in people coming forward to claim compensation. To help meet this rising demand and to boost our capacity to assess claims, we continue to uplift staff numbers in line with funding. We are working to identify efficiencies in the way we work led by an in-house continuous improvement team.
We have sponsored work to explore and implement helpful case management system changes and the potential for Artificial Intelligence applications to deliver further efficiencies by assisting our claims officers as they identify key information relevant to the assessment process.
Asked by: Laurence Turner (Labour - Birmingham Northfield)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average processing time was for applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme by people resident in Birmingham in each of the last five years.
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The table below shows the average time for decisions to be made on applications* for criminal injuries compensation by people resident in Birmingham**.
Calendar Year of CICA decision | Average time (days) |
2020 | 335 |
2021 | 440 |
2022 | 490 |
2023 | 381 |
2024 | 372 |
* 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.
** The above table includes all awards where the applicant named Birmingham as the city in their home address in their application.
Asked by: Laurence Turner (Labour - Birmingham Northfield)
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.
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
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* **:
Calendar Year | Number of awards paid | Total value of those awards |
2020 | 340 | £2,746,670 |
2021 | 294 | £3,055,441 |
2022 | 248 | £2,624,286 |
2023 | 347 | £3,866,507 |
2024 | 294 | £3,074,242 |
* 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.
Asked by: Laurence Turner (Labour - Birmingham Northfield)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to respond to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme Review 2020, published on 16 July 2020.
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The previous Government held three consultations, in 2020, 2022 and 2023, as part of its review of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012. It did not publish a response to these consultations prior to the 2024 election.
This Government is looking at how we can best support victims of crime. As part of this we are considering the previous review of the Scheme, and further updates will be provided in due course.
Asked by: Melanie Ward (Labour - Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average processing time for the Criminal Injury Compensation Scheme was in each of the last five years.
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) is responsible for implementing the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. CICA recognises that timely compensation can help victims in their recovery both practically and emotionally and is committed to deciding 40% of new applications within 6 months of receiving the application, and 70% within 12 months. CICA performance information is available in the CICA Annual Report and Accounts; the latest version can be found at CICA Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24.
The following table shows the average number of days from an application being received until a decision is made. This information is taken from the latest period for which data is available which can be found here: Statistics at CICA - Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Financial Year | Average days to decision |
2023-24 | 361 |
2022-23 | 391 |
2021-22 | 386 |
2020-21 | 337 |
2019-20 | 363 |
Asked by: Blair McDougall (Labour - East Renfrewshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to create a specific civil remedy of modern slavery.
Answered by Jess Phillips - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
Modern slavery is a horrific crime that devastates lives, leaving victims traumatised with long-lasting effects.
There are various routes victims of modern slavery can take to seek compensation for the abuse they have suffered. This includes making a civil claim through the courts, an application to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and / or a claim to the Employment Tribunal for unlawful treatment at work. Information about compensation available to victims of modern slavery can be found at: Compensation for victims of modern slavery and human trafficking - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The Government is committed to improving our response to modern slavery and will set out next steps more broadly in due course.