§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many payments have been made to applicants to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board in 1993–94; and how much was paid out;
(2) how many payments have been offered to applicants to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board in 1994–95; and how much in total has been offered;
(3) what was the average time taken to make an offer under the criminal injuries compensation scheme in 1994–95: and what has been the average time taken to make an offer under the tariff scheme.
§ Mr. MacleanThe Criminal Injuries Compensation Board made 40,635 monetary awards in 1993–94, paying out £165.111 million in compensation.
In the period 1 April 1994 to 31 January 1995, approximately 33,000 offers of payment totalling £129 million were made under the old, 1990 scheme, and some 1,560 offers of award totalling £4 million were made under the tariff scheme.
Comparable information about the average time taken to make awards under the two schemes is not available.