§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, in rank order, the general level of payment made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board for major injuries of various kinds.
§ Mr. MellorThe compensation payable varies a good deal according to the individual circumstances of each case. Information concerning the amounts paid in respect of different kinds of injury is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The board published in its 20th report (Cmnd. 9399, paragraph 35) the "guideline figures" which it regards as the appropriate starting points for some types of injury, to be supplemented as necessary according to the seriousness of the particular case.