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A guide to applying for compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.

• Updated: 14 June 2024

Find out whether you need to tell Ofsted about an accident, injury or illness a child suffers while in your care.

• Updated: 21 February 2022

How to claim compensation if you've been seriously injured in a violent crime using the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) scheme.

• Overview

  You might be able to claim compensation if you were the victim of a…

• Eligibility

  The crime must have happened in England, Wales or Scotland. It must be…

• Start or continue a claim

  You can make a claim online. It does not cost anything to apply. You do…

• What happens next

  You’ll get a reference number when you submit your claim. Use the…

• Update a claim you’ve submitted

  You must contact the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) to…

• If you’re a victim who lived with the attacker before 1 October 1979

  The deadline to apply for compensation was 13 June 2021 if you were a…

Tax and reporting rules for employers providing compensation for injuries at work

How to get compensation if you've been injured as a result of an accident or injury when someone else is to blame.

The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) is an independent scientific advisory body that looks at industrial injuries benefit and how it is administered. IIAC is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions .

• Updated: 12 November 2021

Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit is help if you're ill or disabled from an accident or disease caused by work - eligibility, how to claim.

• Updated: 1 January 2015

• Updated: 26 September 2024

Compensation schemes you can apply to if you've been injured or became ill while serving in the armed forces - who can claim, how to claim, how long it takes, complaining about decisions