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<p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on the number and amount of compensation
orders issued in courts on a principal and all-disposal basis, by offence type, in
the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1135333/outcomes-by-offence-june-2022-revised-2.xlsx"
target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2022</a>. <br> <br> This information,
split by court type, is available in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1113405/magistrates-court-tool-2021-revised-2.xlsx"
target="_blank">Magistrates' court data tool: 2021</a> and the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1113406/crown-court-tool-2021-revised-2.xlsx"
target="_blank">Crown Court data tool: 2021</a>. This information for the calendar
year of 2022 is due for publication in May.</p><p>Please see the accompanying tables
for:</p><ul><li>Total value of compensation orders issued;</li><li>The number of defendants
issued with a compensation order, by principal sentence outcome and by offence group;</li><li>The
20 largest compensation orders issued in each of the last 5 years, and the offence
this was given as a sentence outcome for; and</li><li>Minimum and maximum value of
compensation orders issued, by court type.</li></ul><p>Compensation is presented in
these tables on an all-disposal basis; this is where compensation is recorded in the
four most severe disposals. Data in these tables relate to the years ending June 2018
to June 2022 in England and Wales.</p><p>Figures on total compensation and amount
paid, including Scotland and Northern Ireland, are held on HMCTS data systems and
presented in <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1107287/ccsq_tables_apr_jun_2022.ods"
target="_blank">Table A2 in Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly: June 2022 publication</a>.
These will differ from the court outcomes figures, which record where the compensation
was in the four most serious sentences delivered by the court for the defendant.</p><p>Figures
on the amount of compensation orders issued is published in the HMCTS trust statements
for <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727387/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2017-18_v16_web.pdf"
target="_blank">2017/18</a>, 2018/19, <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/925314/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2019-20_ONLINE.pdf"
target="_blank">2019/20</a>, <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/925314/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2019-20_ONLINE.pdf"
target="_blank">2020/21</a> and <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1090911/HMCTS717_HMCTS_Trust_Statement_21-22_v8_Web.pdf"
target="_blank">2021-22</a>.</p><p>Courts may impose a compensation order on an offender
requiring them to make financial reparation to the victim for any personal injury,
loss or damage resulting from the offence. Compensation may be ordered for such amount
as the court considers appropriate having regard to any evidence including any representations
made by the offender or prosecutor. There is no limit on the value of a single compensation
order handed down to an adult offender. However, in determining whether to make a
compensation order, and the amount to be paid under such an order, the court must
take into account the financial circumstances of the offender. Courts are required
to strike a balance between seeking reparation and not imposing debts that are unrealistic
or unenforceable.</p>
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