HC Deb 15 December 1988 vol 143 c710W
46. Mr. Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will next meet the chairman of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board to discuss delays in processing claims.

Mr. Hurd

I have no plans for such a meeting at present.

50. Mr. Lofthouse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what further resources he intends to make available in order to reduce the backlog of submissions to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.

Mr. John Patten

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question from my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Feltham and Heston (Mr. Ground) on 1 December at column395.

90. Mr. Holt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average waiting time between the injury and receipt of compensation payments from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.

Mr. John Patten

The statistics kept by the board use the date of application as the baseline and not the date of the injury. The available information on the proportion of cases submitted to a single member for decision within certain periods from the date of application is published in the Board's annual reports. The most recent report was published on 6 December (Cm. 536).