Criminal Injuries Compensation (Hansard, 2 April 2001)

§ Dr. Tonge
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to revise the system whereby the awards made to victims of crime are reduced if they have previous medical conditions. [156361]

§ Mr. Charles Clarke
If an injury sustained by a victim of a crime of violence exacerbates a pre-existing medical condition, any award made under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme in respect of that injury will only reflect the degree of exacerbation. There are no plans to change this.

§ Dr. Tonge
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to revise the current Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority tariffs system. [156362]

§ Mr. Charles Clarke
In March 2001 Parliament approved, under the affirmative resolution procedure, a package of significant improvements to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, costing some £20 million in a full year. These included both presentational changes and changes of substance to the tariff of awards. The changes came into force on 1 April 2001.
No further changes to the scheme are planned at this time.