HC Deb 09 February 1995 vol 254 cc384-5W
Mrs. Roche

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many members of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeal Panel he expects to appoint;

(2) how many of the nominees for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeal Panel have been (a) rejected and (b) appointed; and if he will list the names and sources of nomination of the appointees so far;

(3) how many nominations he received for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel; and from which sources these nominations came.

Mr. Maclean

[holding answers 6 February 1995]: We expect in due course to appoint between 40 and 50 members to the appeals panel.

We have received 212 nominations from the following sources:

Source Number
Public Appointments Unit (OPSS) 40
British Medical Association 15
British Dental Association 1
Trades Union Congress 12
Chief Whip's Office 6
Victim Support 2
Department of Health 19
Welsh Office 7
Self-nomination 110

The following have so far been appointed to the panel:

Name Source of nomination
Chairman
Mr. M. Lewer QC Existing Member of CICB
Members
Sir Derek Bradbeer OBE Existing Member of CICB
Mr. D. J. Brown Public Appointments Unit
Miss D Cotton QC Existing Member of CICB
Mr. K. Drummond QC Existing Member of CICB
Dr. A. Fingret Public Appointments Unit
Mr. D. J. L. Gabbitass Public Appointments Unit
Dr. H. E. Godfrey British Medical Association
Mr. F. J. Howard Trades Union Congress
Mr. J. Leighton Williams QC Existing Member of CICB
Ms G. Lindley Public Appointments Unit
Mr. C. Lindsey QC Existing Member of CICB
Mr. H. Lumsden Public Appointments Unit
Lord Macaulay of Bragar QC Existing Member of CICB
Mr. D. S. Mackay QC Existing Member of CICB
Mr. H. J. Malins Public Appointments Unit
Mr. J. R. Miles Self nomination
Mr. T. A. Molloy Trades Union Congress
Mr. M. Park CBE Existing Member of CICB

No nominations have been formally rejected, but no further appointments will be made until the final outcome of the legal challenge to the tariff scheme is known.

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