Powers Of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000

Section 126 states that where an individual has been convicted of an offence, the court may before sentencing him, make a financial circumstances order with respect to him.

Section 130 states that a court by or before which a person is convicted of an offence may on application or otherwise, make an order requiring the convicted person to pay compensation for any personal injury, loss or damage resulting from that offence or any other offence which is taken into consideration by the court in determining sentence.

Compensation shall be of such amount as the court consider appropriate, having regard to any evidence and to any representations that are made by or on behalf of the accused or the prosecutor.

Section 134 deals with the effect of the compensation order on a subsequent award of damages in civil proceedings. The damages in the civil proceedings shall be assessed without regard to the order or award, but the Claimant may only recover an amount equal to the aggregate of the following –

1. any amount by which they exceed the compensation and
   a sum equal to any portion of the compensation which he fails to recover

See here: Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000