Question follow-through · 65857
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to help reduce the time taken to process compensation claims by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority; and if she will introduce measures to help ensure timely decisions for people
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 11 Jul 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to help reduce the time taken to process compensation claims by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority; and if she will introduce measures to help ensure timely decisions for people
11 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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11 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 (the 2012 Scheme) does not prescribe a time limit for applications to be decided.The majority of applications are decided within 12 months. Each application must be considered on its own facts and assessed ba...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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