Greg Mulholland – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2016-01-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to require the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority to compensate families of victims of criminal offences.

Mike Penning

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme compensates victims of violent crime who have sustained physical or mental injuries.

In cases where the victim of a violent crime has died, close family members of the deceased may be eligible to receive awards such as bereavement and dependency payments for the loss of a loved one. The rules governing such payments are set out in the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.