§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many claims to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board have been based on total permanent disablement.
§ Mr. CarlisleThis information is not available. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board does not classify cases on this basis.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of claims made to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board have been based on the death of the claimant.
§ Mr. CarlisleThe Criminal Injuries Compensation Board does not keep statistics of applications on this basis. From the establishment of the scheme on 1st August, 1964, until the end of the financial year 1971–72 the number of cases in which an application was made following the death of the victim as a consequence of the injury and a final decision was made by the board and accepted by the applicant was 725.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many claims have been made to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; how many claims have been accepted; and how many claims rejected.
§ Mr. CarlisleFrom the establishment of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme on 1st August, 1964, until the end of the financial year 1971–72, 42,613 applications were received by the board. In 30,849 cases an award was made and in 5,386 cases either no award was made or the application was withdrawn or abandoned; the remaining 6,378 applications were pending.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report the total amount of money paid by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board to the most recent convenient date.
§ Mr. CarlisleBy 31st March, 1972, £11,710,073.
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§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will publish the total amounts paid by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board in the City of Liverpool, year by year, to the most convenient date;
(2) what are the highest awards made to date by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board in the City of Liverpool and the area administered by the Liver pool and Bootle Police Authority, respectively;
(3) how many claims have been made to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board in the City of Liverpool to the most recent convenient date; and how many have been accepted, and how many have been rejected, respectively.
§ Mr. CarlisleThis information is not available. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board does not classify information about claims or awards by the area in which the incident occurred or in which the applicant resides.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the highest amount awarded by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board to date.
§ Mr. Carlisle£51,000.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average time taken to deal with applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.
§ Mr. CarlisleI regret that this information is not available.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is satisfied with the working of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. CarlisleThe Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme was established experimentally on 1st August, 1964, on a non-statutory basis to enableex-gratiapayments of compensation to be made to victims of crimes of violence. In general, it is working satisfactorily, but I hope soon to begin a review of the scheme with a view to appropriate legislation.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total cost to date of the administration of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.
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§ Mr. CarlisleThe cost of the administration of the CriminalInjuries Compensation Scheme from its establishment on 1st August, 1964, until the end of the financial year 1971–72 is estimated to be £1,250,033.