HC Deb 10 January 1996 vol 269 c220W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many applications for bereavement payments under the criminal injuries compensation tariff scheme, which was withdrawn following the House of Lords ruling, were made (i) in total and (ii) by(a) parents of adult murder and manslaughter victims, (b) adult children of murder and manslaughter victims, (c) unmarried partners of murder and manslaughter victims and (d) fathers of illegitimate children who were murder and manslaughter victims; [7928]

(2) how many bereavement payments were made to applicants under the criminal injuries compensation tariff scheme, which was withdrawn following the House of Lords ruling (i) in total and (ii) to (a) parents of adult murder and manslaughter victims, (b) adult children or murder and manslaughter victims, (c) unmarried partners of murder and manslaughter victims and (d) fathers of illegitimate children who were murder and manslaughter victims. [7927]

Mr. Maclean

[holding answer 9 January 1996]: I refer the hon. Member to the answers given to him on 28 November 1995, Official Report, columns 652–53, and 4 December 1995, Official Report, column 27.