HC Deb 12 December 1973 vol 866 cc137-8W
Mr. Michael Cocks

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will ensure that the existence and work of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board is widely known among all staff within his Department who may come in contact with the victims of crime.

Mr. Dean

Local social security offices have been made aware in general terms of the existence and work of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. I am considering whether anything more needs to be done to ensure that claimants for

LIVE AND STILL BIRTHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN 1972
Numbers and percentages of births in hospital and at home
Number born in N.H.S. hospitals Per cent. Number born in other hospitals Per cent. Total number born in all hospitals Per cent. Domiciliary births Per cent.
England and Wales* 658,121 89.6 13,344 1.8 671,465 91.4 62,774 8.6
England only 619,522 89.3 13,078 1.9 632,600 91.2 61,152 8.8
Wales only 38,599 95.3 266 0.7 38,865 96.0 1,622 4.0
* Numbers where mothers are resident outside England and Wales included in totals above 514 76 590 35

benefits who are the victims of crime are referred to it.