CICA official statistics revealed 

3rd April 2007

 

Following a Parliamentary question by the Leader of the Opposition David Cameron, the government has released statistics on the performance and volumes associated with CICA claims. This data is rarely publicised and is very useful in determining how the CICA is managing its workload.

 

 

Compensation scheme: Data for the 12 months 1 March 2006 to 28 February 2007
	Tariff scheme
New applications received	59,316
Applications re-opened on medical grounds(1)	150
Number of payments made(2)	33,901
Compensation paid (£ million)	171.3
Total compensation paid (£ million)	190.2
(1) This records the number of cases re-opened on medical grounds in the 12 months ending 28-02-2007.
(2) This records the number of payments made during the period. If a claim has had more than one payment during the period, it is only counted once. If the same victim has had payments on separate claims during the period, these are counted, but again only once for each claim. The table does not show the number of claimants whose applications are unsuccessful. On average, some 46 per cent. of claimants do not qualify for compensation under the scheme.