Written question asked by Lady Hermon (Ulster Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 1 May 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 May 2007. It was answered by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Monday, 14 May 2007 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Compensation: Applications

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many compensation applications were (a) rejected and (b) accepted by the Compensation Agency in each of the last six years; and how much was paid out by the Agency in compensation over the same period broken down by type.

Answer

This is the operational responsibility of the Compensation Agency. The chief executive has advised me of the following:

Criminal Damage (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977
	Accepted	Rejected	Amount (£)
2001-02	860	1,228	21,531,204
2002-03	854	984	10,542,281
2003-04	638	916	7,869,361
2004-05	417	654	6,172,714
2005-06	402	572	5,267,180
2006-07	631	667	5,709,917

Criminal Injuries (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988
	Accepted	Rejected	Amount (£)
2001-02	7,687	4,877	43,275,687
2002-03	7,527	4,624	43,888,946
2003-04	6,195	4,687	39,901,101
2004-05	3,034	1,811	28,824,198
2005-06	1,640	935	19,481,233
2006-07	753	415	11,950,313

Criminal Injuries (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2002
	Accepted	Rejected	Amount (£)
2001-02	—	—	—
2002-03	4	439	75,000
2003-04	782	4,361	2,967,518
2004-05	2,177	7,623	7,879,701
2005-06	3,218	8,057	14,247,747
2006-07	2,497	5,623	13,788,603

Secondary information