§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many claims were submitted by or on behalf of police officers to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board in the last 398W year for which figures are available; and how this figure compares with those for each of each preceding year.
§ Mr. CarlisleThe Criminal Injuries Compensation Board does not keep statistics of applications on this basis. The number of cases where either a final award was made to a police officer in respect of injury sustained while on duty, or no award was made only because the injury was one for which compensation of less than £50 would have been awarded, in each of the full financial years since the board's establishment is as follows:
1965–66 … … … 221 1966–67 … … … 307 1967–68 … … … 505 1968–69 … … … 704 1969–70 … … … 851 1970–71 … … … 872 1971–72 … … … 1,518