§ Lord Harris of Greenwichasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will state the number of officials currently working for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, and their grades; the comparable figures for each year since the inception of the scheme, and the number of cases considered by the board in each of these years.
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§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Elton)I regret that staffing figures for years prior to 1973 are not readily available. Details of staff in post, as distinct from the authorised complement, are available only from 1977 and are set
STAFF Grade 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1.11.83 Assistant Solicitor 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Principal 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Senior Legal Assistant and Legal Assistant 4 4 4 4 3½ 3½ 3½ 4½ 6 6 6 7 Senior Executive Officer — — — — — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Higher Executive Officer 10 10 11 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 Executive Officer 29 29 32 38 39 42 47 54 49 51 52 56 Clerical Officer 28 28 27 30 28 35 35 43 45 47 45 51 Clerical Assistant 12 12 14½ 16½ 17 19 20 26½ 24 25 27 34 Personal Secretary 3 3 3 3 1 — 1 1 1 1 1 1 Senior Superintendent of Typists — — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Specialist Typist and Typist 7 7 8 9 9 10 7 8 9 10 9 13 Paperkeeper 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 Messenger 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 99 99 106½ 119½ 116½ 128½ 132½ 156½ 155 163 163 185 The only figures available for 1973–1976 are for staff complement. Figures for1977 and 1983 are for staff in post.
APPLICATIONS Year Applications received Applications resolved Year Applications received Applications resolved 1964–65 (8 months only) 554 130 1974–75 14,227 12,506 1965–66 2,452 1,375 1975–76 16,690 13,599 1966–67 3,312 2,717 1976–77 20,400 16,393 1967–68 5,316 3,869 1977–78 20,826 16,432 1968–69 6,437 5,985 1978–79 21,960 19,607 1969–70 7,247 6,817 1979–80 22,801 21,113 1970–71 7,419 5,893 1980–81 24,679 26,277 1971–72 9,886 9,449 1981–82 26,515 22,557 1972–73 10,926 9,837 1982–83 29,440 26,098 1973–74 12,215 10,564