Question follow-through · 22042
Criminal Injuries Compensation: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority to make payment after receiving a signed acceptance form was in the latest year for which figures are available.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority to make payment after receiving a signed acceptance form was in the latest year for which figures are available.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2026
Answer published
Between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) received 12,651 acceptances for payments of criminal injuries compensation.2,280 were paid more than 20 working days after the acceptance was received.The average ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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