§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list(a) by year, (b) amount paid and (c) cases, the number of occasions ex-gratia payments of compensation to persons wrongfully imprisoned have been made.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information requested, based on the date on which the final payment of compensation was made from 1980, is as follows:
Year Number awarded compensation Total amount paid (£) 1980 18 92,631 1981 13 88,805 1982 10 114,157 1983 6 45,853 1984 12 14,450 1985 17 216,163 1986 13 154,890 1987 14 153,806 1988 8 56,925