(BBC) Up to half of the claims for criminal injury compensation made to the government following the Manchester Arena terror attack have been rejected.
From 741 applications resolved by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA), 331 did not result in compensation being rewarded.
Ninety-seven claims are outstanding from people said to have suffered physically and/or mentally, a legal firm said.
The attack in 2017 killed 22 people.
The figures were revealed following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from Hudgell Solicitors, which is representing a member of the emergency services who was one of the first responders at the scene.
