HC Deb 28 April 1994 vol 242 cc294-5W
18. Mr. Simpson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the results achieved by the Northern Ireland criminal injuries compensation scheme with particular reference to the effects on the victim.

Sir John Wheeler

The chief executive of the Compensation Agency advises that the 1994 provisional outturn for criminal injuries was 11,289 claims cleared and compensation totalling £29.6 million paid. No amount can fully compensate for the effect of criminal injuries.