§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when he intends to publish the rules under which the proposed new regime for criminal injury compensation is to operate;
(2) if he will now place in the Library a copy of the draft regulations for the operation of the amended criminal injury compensation scheme.
§ Mr. MacleanThe publication of the detailed rules of the tariff scheme which comes into force on 1 April 1994, was anounced on 9 March, column224. Copies of the text of the rules and the accompanying guide, which explains to claimants how the new scheme works and the criteria adopted for deciding applications, have been placed in the Vote Office and the Library of the House.