CRIMINAL INJURIES
COMPENSATION — DANNY HODGSON — EX GRATIA PAYMENT
505. Ms L. METTAM to the Attorney General:
I
have a supplementary question. Will the Attorney General commit to reforming
our criminal injuries compensation scheme for victims who have suffered
catastrophic injury and loss?
Mr J.R.
QUIGLEY replied:
The criminal injuries compensation
scheme is one of the more generous ones in the nation. It is always under
review. Unfortunately, many people in our community have been victims of crime.
We do our best to expeditiously see that they are compensated. We have even put
on an extra assessor to clear the backlog at the criminal injuries compensation
assessment board. We remain committed, through the Commissioner for Victims of
Crime, and she is liaising with the families to do all we can to support them.