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CICA same roof rule reapplication

IICSA · Interim Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse · Issued 25 April 2018 · Addressed to: Ministry of Justice

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Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry

●Inquiry recommendation, I

The Chair and Panel recommend that the Ministry of Justice revises CICA rules so that all applicants who previously applied for compensation in relation to child sexual abuse - but were refused solely due to the 'same-roof' rule - should be entitled to reapply for compensation and have their claim approved by CICA.

IICSA, Interim Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse · 25 Apr 2018 Source PDF →

Published evidence summary

AI-generated evidence summary

The recommendation asks the Ministry of Justice to let refused same roof applicants reapply. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, summarising a June 2019 UK Government response on an archived web page from October 2022, reported that the government abolished the pre-1979 same roof rule within the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 (The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, Oct 2022). That summary did not mention whether individuals refused compensation under the rule can reapply or have claims approved by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) (The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, Oct 2022).

AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 19 Oct 2026.

Government response

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Delivery

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What other bodies have found

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●Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse · 6 Oct 2022

On 13 June 2019, the UK Government abolished the pre-1979 ‘same roof’ rule within the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012.

From: Recommendations - Interim Report

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