Home Department written question – answered at on 19 October 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department
(1) what communications and discussions have taken place between the Government and the current independent assessor regarding changes in the scheme;
(2) what discussions he has had with the independent assessor relating to his planned changes in the scheme for compensation for victims of miscarriages of justice.
Officials and the independent assessor of compensation for miscarriages of justice meet regularly to discuss a range of issues, including the effectiveness of the existing compensation schemes. Meetings between the assessor and Ministers take place from time to time; such a meeting took place before the then Home Secretary announced changes to the compensation schemes on
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