§ Mr. McGradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his answer of 14 November 1997,Official Report, column 693, concerning compensation claims arising from disturbances during July, what is the time scale for the completion and payment of the outstanding (a) criminal injury and (b) criminal damage claims. [18197]
§ Mr. IngramResponsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Compensation Agency under its chief executive, Mr. D. A. Stanley. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr. D. A. Stanley to Mr. Eddie McGrady, dated 2 December 1997:
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has asked me to reply. on behalf of the Compensation Agency, to your recent Question regarding the timeframe for the completion and payment of compensation claims arising from disturbances during July.The speed with which the necessary information to support a case becomes available can influence the time taken to resolve the claims. However, the Agency has key performance targets for the average time taken to make decisions in criminal injury and criminal damage claims of 59 weeks and 19 weeks respectively. It is expected that the July claims will be processed within this time-scale.