HIA-5 Response Accepted Self-assessed

Publicly Funded Compensation Scheme

Recommendation

We recommend that the Northern Ireland Executive create a publicly funded compensation scheme.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
According to the Gov.uk progress report on November 5, 2019, and The Executive Office (NI) on January 1, 2025, a publicly funded compensation scheme was established through the Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Act 2019. According to the same sources, this scheme was administered by the HIA Redress Board, which operated from March 2020 and closed for applications on 2 April 2025, having processed 5,496 applications and made 4,449 final determinations by December 2024.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 19 Mar 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk
Jurisdiction
Northern Ireland
Response
Accepted
Accepted Northern Ireland Executive
05 Nov 2019

No formal government response published.

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Progress Timeline
Official Report
05 Nov 2019

A publicly funded compensation scheme was established through the Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Act 2019. The scheme was administered by the HIA Redress Board, which operated from March 2020 to April 2025.

Source
Published Evidence

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Confirmed Completed
01 Jan 2025
The Executive Office (NI) Other

HIA Redress Board has been operational since March 2020, processing applications and making compensation payments. Board received 4,870 applications with 4,449 final determinations as of December 2024.

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The Redress Board was established under the Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Act 2019. The Board will continue to operate until all outstanding applications have been determined. Panels have made award determinations totalling £99,244,250 (£98,109,425 payable after actuarial adjustments).

HIA Redress Board operational statistics View Source
Source
Inquiry HIA Inquiry
Report Report of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry 20 Jan 2017
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Responsible Bodies
Northern Ireland Executive Primary
Themes & Tags
Taxpayer value from government contracts Memorial Commemoration Recognition Compensation Victims Redress
Recommendation age 9.2 yrs
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