HC Deb 06 May 1983 vol 42 cc162-3W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if it is his policy that members of boards of visitors or their defendants would be compensated if they were injured or killed in the course of their duties.

Mr. Mellor

Where injury or death was not covered by either the criminal injuries compensation scheme or a pension scheme or a personal insurance policy, a claim for ex-gratia compensation would be sympathetically considered on its merits.