Recommendation 96: CICA same roof rule reapplication
From Interim Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, published 25 April 2018.
Recommendation
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.
In brief (written by this site)
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).
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AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 19 Oct 2026. The record below is the sources' own words.
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
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No statement on delivery from Ministry of Justice has been found in the sources searched (last checked 2 October 2026). This is separate from the response above.
What other bodies have found
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Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (6 October 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
Site note: These are the Inquiry's own words, from its recommendations page for the Interim Report, captured by the Internet Archive on 6 October 2022. They are the Inquiry's account of what the body told it, not the body's own words.
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- Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
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