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Criminal Injuries Compensation

Asked by Laurence TurnerLabourMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 13 February 2025UIN 30367

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the expenditure of her Department's criminal injuries hardship fund has been in each year since its creation.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones

The below table shows the compensation spend under the Hardship Fund in each financial year. It does not include the running costs of the Hardship Fund. The Hardship Fund opened on 27 November 2012.

Financial Year

Amount Paid

2012/13

£883.03

2013/14

£1,116.05

2014/15

£1,475.85

2015/16

£312.68

2016/17

£313

2017/18

0

2018/19

0

2019/20

0

2020/21

0

2021/22

0

2022/23

0

2023/24

0

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