§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the numbers who have been awarded compensation following a period of false imprisonment for each year since 1970; and if he will state the amounts awarded in each instance.
§ Mr. MayhewThe numbers and amounts of payments of compensation for detention in custody other than a few small payments for a prisoner's detention beyond his release date, are as follows. In many of the cases legal costs in connection with the claim were also reimbursed.
Year Number of Payments Amounts 1971 3 £750; £1,250; £2,250 1972 — — 1973 — — 1974 1 £17,500 1975 2 £1,500; £2,000 1976 5 £1,000(3)*; £5,000; £10,000 1977 2 £1,100; £2,550 1978 5 £160; £987; £1,500; £9,500; £10,000 12 £750; £1,109; £1,469; £1,854; £4,575; £6,500; £9,170; £10,050; £10,710; £10,915; 1979 £15,575; £21,020 14 £750; £1,000; £1,500; £5,000; £5,230; £5,690; £7,500(3); £8,000; £13,050; £13,100; 1980 £13,500; £14,417 1981 (to date) 5 £180; £9,950; £18,000*; £22,000*; £25,000* * The three persons who received payments of £1,000 each in 1976 also received further payments in 1981 as indicated.