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<p>Potential victims of trafficking are provided support and assistance by the Salvation
Army during their recovery and reflection period, including advice on their rights
to compensation. This includes providing the information leaflet developed specifically
for victims of trafficking by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA).
The Modern Slavery Bill will also introduce reparation orders, specifically for victims
of modern slavery crimes, recognising the particular harm and psychological abuse
they suffer. This will ensure that where a convicted slave master has benefitted financially
from the abuse of others they will be required to provide reparation to their victims.<br><br>With
reference to the number of compensation applications rejected by CICA, the Government
does not hold the information requested. Compensation for victims of violent crime
is based on the injuries people sustain not the particular crimes of which they were
a victim. The injuries for which CICA can compensate, and therefore provide reliable
figures for, are set out in the Tariff of Injuries in the Criminal Injuries Compensation
Scheme 2012, but the Tariff does not contain any injuries specific to human trafficking.
The injuries are also only recorded once CICA have assessed someone as eligible to
receive the compensation payable for that injury.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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