HL Deb 18 December 1985 vol 469 c881WA
Baroness Masham of Ilton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Why compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme is not "payable for the maintenance of any child born as a result of a sexual offence" (Criminal Injuries Compensation Board Twentieth Report, Cmnd. 9399, December 1984).

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Glenarthur)

This is one of the matters which will be addressed in the report of the indepartmental working party on the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, whose report my right honourable friend hopes to receive early in the New Year. He will then consider the question in the light of the report.