§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many applications for
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Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme Cases determined under the tariff scheme 1997–98 to 2001–02 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Applications Received 77,326 78,651 78,742 76,501 78,202 Applications Finalised 57,814 74,859 75,917 70,713 74,818 Money Awards 31,528 40,164 39,700 36,924 39,813 Refusals 26,286 34,695 36,217 33,789 35,005 Review Requests 16,668 18,486 18,421 18,002 16,822 Reviews Finalised 6,100 12,687 13,665 11,136 11,197 Money Awards 2,533 5,065 5,692 4,681 5,032 Refusals 3,567 7,622 7,973 6,455 6,165 Appeals Submitted 2,555 6,421 7,054 4,651 3,683 Appeals Determined 1,425 3,059 5,052 5,829 5,777 Money Awards 409 1,126 2,147 2,577 2,705 Refusals 1,016 1,933 2,905 3,252 3,072 Awards Made (tariff element only) Level 1—£1,000 8,437 10,103 10,305 9,370 9,717 Levels 2 to 13—£1,250 to £10,000 22,785 29,594 28,830 27,049 29,231 Levels 14 to 23—£12,500 to £100,000 306 464 564 502 865 Levels 24 and 25—£175,000 to £250,000 — 3 1 3 — compensation were received by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in each of the last five years; and how many of these were (a) turned down and (b) accepted in each year; [104402]
(2) how many cases where an application for compensation received by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority was turned down, a review was requested in each of the last five years; and how many of these reviews led to an award being made; [104403]
(3) how many appealed where an application for compensation received by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority was turned down at initial consideration and at review; and of these, how many appeals were successful, in each year; [104404]
(4) how many awards made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority were (a) under £1,000, (b) between £1,000 and £10,000, (c) between £10,000 and £100,000 and (d) over £100,000 in each of the last five years. [104405]
§ Hilary BennThe available information, supplied by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA), is summarised in the table. It relates only to applications lodged under the tariff based scheme effective for applications lodged on or after 1 April 1996. It does not include old scheme cases lodged before that date.
The figures for the number of Review requests and appeals made include cases where a money award was offered at an earlier stage, but the level of award was not accepted. It is not possible readily to isolate for these purposes cases where the earlier decision was 'nil' award or a money award, nor, where the earlier decision was a money award if the reviewed or appealed decision resulted in a higher award, a lower award or the same award.
The figures for the number of tariff awards made in various bandings relate only to the tariff element of the award. In up to 10 per cent. of cases additional compensation can be payable for loss of earnings and/or care costs and/or dependency costs. In the time available to answer the question it was not possible for CICA to design, validate and run the extensive query/report that would have been required to capture that data as well.