Criminal Injuries Compensation: Standards — Written Question

Question

Freddie van Mierlo

Liberal Democrat — Henley and Thame

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the average length of time taken by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority to process applications; and if he will bring forward proposals to implement a time limit by wh

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 (the 2012 Scheme) does not prescribe a time limit for applications to be decided.Most applications are decided within 12 months. Each case must be considered on its own facts. In most cases, CICA requires inf...

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