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How to apply for compensation if you were a victim of the incident on Streatham High Road on 02 February 2020
How to apply for compensation if you were a victim of the terrorist attack in London on 29 November 2019
Ministers have scrapped unfair ‘same roof’ rule which denied compensation for some victims of violent crime.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
We identified a system issue affecting submitted general enquiries and complaints which has now been resolved.
How to apply for compensation if you were a victim of the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka on 21 April 2019
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Our email address will no longer contain ‘.gsi’
IT network access has been restored across the Ministry of Justice estate.
Ministers are to launch review of Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme to ensure more victims get the right compensation.
How to apply for compensation if you were a victim of the terrorist attack in Parsons Green, London on 15 September 2017
How to apply for compensation if you were a victim of the terrorist attack in Finsbury Park, London on 19 June 2017
How to apply for compensation if you were a victim of the terrorist attacks in London on 3 June 2017
How to apply for compensation if you were a victim of the terrorist attack in Manchester on 22 May 2017
How to apply for compensation if you were a victim of the terrorist attack in London on 22 March 2017
How you will provide your consent to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority from 21 November 2016
CICA statement on tackling fraudulent compensation claims
How to apply for compensation if you were a victim of the terrorist attacks in Paris on 13 November 2015.
How to apply for compensation if you were a victim of the terrorist attack at Port el Kantaoui near Sousse, Tunisia on 26 June 2015.
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority helpline will be closed from 5pm Thursday 4 to 12.30pm Monday 8 September.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority is launching a customer portal. People applying online from 14 July may be invited to use it.
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