HL Deb 23 October 1995 vol 566 cc106-7WA
Lord Windlesham

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether it is still forecast that 105,300 applications for criminal injuries compensation will be outstanding in 1995–96 and whether there are any adjustments to be made to Table 9(ii) of the Home Office Annual Report 1994 (Cm. 2508), p. 53.

Baroness Blatch

The figures in the 1994 report anticipated the introduction of the first tariff scheme on 1 April 1994. The enforced withdrawal of that scheme in April 1995 and the reinstatement of the 1990 scheme have had a significant effect on the work of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board and, consequently, on those planning figures.

The number of cases outstanding at 31 March 1995 was just under 110,000. Current plans assume the board will resolve some 78,000 cases in 1995–96, which would leave the number of cases outstanding at just under 110,000.