To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average processing time was for applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme by people resident in Birmingham in each of the last five years.
Answered on
9 January 2025
The table below shows the average time for decisions to be made on applications* for criminal injuries compensation by people resident in Birmingham**.
Calendar Year of CICA decision | Average time (days) |
2020 | 335 |
2021 | 440 |
2022 | 490 |
2023 | 381 |
2024 | 372 |
* The table does not include archived bereavement applications because the address of the applicant is not retained. In most cases, applications are archived three years after the case has been closed.
** The above table includes all awards where the applicant named Birmingham as the city in their home address in their application.