Pension scheme for Troubles victims receives 670 applications

Last year Troubles victims brought a case to Belfast High Court to force Stormont to introduce the pension scheme for victims (Liam McBurney/PA)

A pension scheme for people severely injured during the Troubles has received 670 applications since it opened, MLAs have been told.

Paul Bullick, from the Victims’ Payment Board, which was established to determine applications to the scheme, also told Stormont’s justice committee that 10% of the applications had come from outside Northern Ireland.