HC Deb 11 January 1996 vol 269 cc280-1W
Mr. Mike O'Brien

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people lost eligibility for compensation in respect of the death of a relative under the 1994 criminal injuries compensation scheme when the CICB scheme was re-introduced; and what has been the saving to public funds. [8161]

Mr. Maclean

The eligibility of a claimant for compensation can be determined only by reference to the individual circumstances of the case in the light of the relevant scheme. In the great majority of cases where an application was made in respect of a fatal case under the former tariff scheme, the claimants' eligibility for payment had not been determined when that scheme was withdrawn.

Information on numbers of applications for fatal awards under the tariff scheme, the relationship between the applicant and the victim in those cases, and payments made, was contained in answers given to the hon. Member for Cardiff, South and Penarth (Mr. Michael) on 28 November 1995, Official Report, columns 652–53.