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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Gale: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average award made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panels (CICAP) was in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what the budget for the CICAP has been in each of the last five financial years. [111094] Paul Goggins: The Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel does not itself pay awards of compensation, and does not therefore have a separate budget for such expenditure. All awards of compensation, whether made by the Compensation Authority or the Appeals Panel, are paid by the Compensation Authority, which controls the compensation budget. The table accordingly details the average value of awards which the Appeals Panel has authorised the Authority to pay under the tariff-based scheme in the five years to 31 March 2003. The figures for the final year are provisional, and subject to audit. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year Average award authorised by CICAP under the tariff-based scheme (£) 1998-99 3,165 1999-2000 3,207 2000-01 4,046 2001-02 4,392 2002-03 6,843 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

111094; 405 c756-7W;405 c754-5W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Compensation Crime Criminal injuries compensation Payments Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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