![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/terror-attack-survivors-condemn-compensation-body/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/130398134_flowers.png&description=Image source, Reuters Image caption, Respondents to the survey included those who survived the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017 Survivors of terror attacks in the UK have described the government's compensation scheme as "broken" in a new report. More than 130 survivors from 11 attacks were surveyed by support network Survivors Against Terror. Respondents included survivors from the Fishmonger's Hall stabbings in London in 2019, and the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017. A government spokesperson said "we know more must be done" to address needs. More than two-thirds of survey respondents said they felt the scheme was "unfair and unreasonable". The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) has been in place since the 1990s, and handles claims from people who have suffered physical or mental injuries as a result of violent crime in England, Scotland and Wales. It is sponsored by the Ministry of Justice. More than half of survivors surveyed said they felt unable to speak to someone from CICA for help and some 60% did not feel it was easy to submit their compensation claim - and that the information provided by CICA was unclear or not easy to understand. Of the survivors asked, 62% did not feel treated with respect and empathy, compared with 17% who felt they were. Image caption, Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt were killed in the attack at Fishmongers Hall in the 2019 attack Brendan Cox, whose wife, Labour MP Jo Cox, was killed by a far-right extremist in 2016 , is a co-founder of Survivors Against Terror, and a co-author of the report. He said the CICA was "broken" and "there can be no other conclusion from the data and the testimonies we have gathered". "An organisation that is supposed to be helping survivors recover and rebuild is instead consistently doing them harm," he said. "If the organisation had poor processes and procedures but scored well on other areas, there would be hope for reform. There is not." In 2019, the government committed to a new Survivors'){kind=link}
Survivors of terror attacks in the UK have described the government’s compensation scheme as “broken” in a new report.
More than 130 survivors from 11 attacks were surveyed by support network Survivors Against Terror.
Respondents included survivors from the Fishmonger’s Hall stabbings in London in 2019, and the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017.
A government spokesperson said “we know more must be done” to address needs.
More than two-thirds of survey respondents said they felt the scheme was “unfair and unreasonable”.