asked Her Majesty's Government:

What proposals they have to support further and compensate victims of the troubles in Northern Ireland.[HL3031]

The Government have provided, and continue to provide, statutory compensation schemes for victims of personal injury and criminal damage in Northern Ireland.

The recent report of Mrs Bertha McDougall made a number of recommendations on areas such as the establishment of a Victims and Survivors Forum, improved services for carers of victims and survivors, improved access to mental health and psychotherapy services and the development of sufficiently flexible funding programmes to take account of the individual and changing needs of victims and survivors.

These recommendations will help to inform the next phase of policy in relation to victims and survivors which will be a matter for discussion and decision making by the incoming Executive following the restoration of the devolved institutions on 8 May.