Victim compensation payouts to be reviewed after 7/7 London bombs

The compensation scheme put in place by the government in order to compensate victims of crime is to be changed as a result of the 7 July London bombs. This announcement has been made by Justice Secretary Ken Clarke. He has stated that the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme was subject to huge delays and had not received enough funding to keep up with claims. The London bombings which occurred on the 7th Jul 2005 killed 52 people and injured hundreds. The bombs were in the form of four suicide bombers who bombed three Tube trains and a bus. In July 2010 the victims of the crime had received in total 11m in compensation. The comments from Mr Clarke were presented in the Commons after the labour MP David Winnick questioned how many victims of the London bomb were still awaiting compensation. He also questioned who held responsibility for the bombings. Mr Winnick commented, As regards the claims which have been finalised, are you aware theres a good deal of dissatisfaction, by those who received them, that the sums are really inadequate bearing in mind the serious injuries inflicted by the mass murderers?. Mr Clarke responded with the claim that the coalition government inherited a compensation scheme which was inadequate in relation to the amount of money available to pay the filed compensation claims. He stated that due to this, a radical reform would be required in order to meet the demands of claimants.