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<p>This information can only be provided for financial years 2017/18 & 2018/19.
Information from previous financial years has been archived in line with the Criminal
Injuries Compensation Authority’s (CICA) data retention policy.</p><p> </p><p>Terrorism
is not defined for the purposes of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. Victims
are compensated for the injuries they have sustained rather than the nature of the
incident (with the exception of sexual assault or abuse).</p><p> </p><p>To support
consistent decision-making, CICA does record the nature of the incident where it identifies
the potential for multiple applications in relation to the same circumstances. The
data below relates to applicants who have been identified as victims of terrorism
for this purpose.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the proportion of applications
from victims of terrorism which were granted by the CICA, expressed as a percentage
of the applications from victims of terrorism which were resolved in the same year.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Proportion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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