Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications were received by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in each of the last five years; and how much compensation was paid to claimants in each year. (101945)

The information is as follows.

	Number of applications	Amount of compensation paid received by CICA to claimants in each year (£)
2001-02	78,202	133,320,000
2002-03	73,928	160,325,000
2003-04	70,595	174,440,000
2004 05	66,290	166,945,000
2005-06	63,078	¹165,000,000
¹Unaudited figures at this stage. Note: The figures given relate to the tariff scheme.

Volume 453: debated on Thursday 23 November 2006