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Ms. Walley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the dates on which the lower limit for eligibility for compensation under the criminal injuries compensation scheme has been raised since 1979, with the new limit in each case, expressed in cash terms and at 1991 prices.
Mr. John Patten
The information requested is as follows:
| Date new minimum award introduced | Minimum award £ | Equivalent value at 1991 prices (£) (using GDP deflator) |
| April 1981 | 250 | 448 |
| February 1983 | 400 | 669 |
| November 1986 | 550 | 768 |
| February 1990 | 750 | 871 |
| January 1992 | 1,000 | — |