Over 95% of riot compensation claimed still unpaid
BBCOf the £425,000 claimed in one region under the Riot Compensation Act following last summer's disorder, just over £18,000 - or 4.3% - has been paid out so far.
Cleveland's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) said of the 39 claims it had received, 16 had been paid in full and six had been found to be partially valid, leading to some payment.
It said it was still processing some high value claims which would explain the "discrepancy" between the amount of money requested and the amount paid out.
A spokesperson said the PCC's office is paying this cash from its own budgets due to a lack of government funding. The Home Office has been approached for comment.
The Riot Compensation Act says victims of criminal damage during civil unrest in England and Wales are entitled to claim for losses, even if they are not insured or their insurance will not pay out.
In response to Freedom of Information requests, the offices of both the Cleveland and Northumbria PCCs revealed how many compensation claims had been made to them under the scheme.
Four claims were made from Hartlepool, whereas 11 were made from Sunderland and 35 from Middlesbrough.
Cleveland PCC also said how much had been claimed as well as the amount it had paid out so far.
It said decisions for 13 claims were still to be made after two others were withdrawn and two rejected.
But Northumbria PCC declined to provide similar statistics because it said it would publish this data online in "due course".
PACleveland PCC said some affected by the riots may have received money from their insurance and so would not have needed the compensation scheme.
It said it had faced delays in processing claims for several reasons including needing more information from claimants.
A spokesperson also said the Home Office had not provided it with any extra staff to help process compensation requests.