HC Deb 12 July 1991 vol 194 cc510-1W
Mr. Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was(a) the highest award of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board in each year from 1981 to date, (b) the lowest award, (c) the average award and (d) the total award in the same years.

Mr. John Patten

The available information is shown in the following table:

Mr. Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was(a) the aggregate amount of compensation paid by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board in each year from 1981 to date and (b) the total number of recipients.

Mr. John Patten

The information requested is shown in the following table:

Year Total value of awards £ Number of recipients
April 1981–31 March 1982 21,976,696 17,350
1982–83 29,444,675 19,733
1983–84 32,820,772 21,133
1984–85 35,293,451 19,771
1985–86 41,559,996 22,534
1986–87 48,241,764 21,925
1987–88 52,042,581 20,991
1988–89 69,381,286 27,752
1989–90 72,721,563 27,926
1990–911 110,433,000 35,190
Totals 513,915,784 234,305
1 Provisional figures.

Mr. Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total number of single member decisions of Criminal Injuries Compensation Board awards for each year from 1981 to date.

Mr. John Patten

The available information on awards made by the board, which includes decisions taken by more than one member following a hearing, is given in the following table:

Year Monetary awards Nil awards Interim awards Total
April 1981—31 March 1982 17,350 4,395 3,875 25,620
1982–83 19,733 5,354 3,297 28,384
1983–84 21,133 7,622 3,356 32,111
1984–85 19,771 6,940 3,152 29,863
1985–86 22,934 6,711 3,792 33,437
1986–87 21,925 6,480 3,571 31,976
1987–88 20,991 6,484 3,316 30,791
1988–89 27,752 8,219 3,977 39,948
1989–90 27,926 8,580 3,307 39,813
1990–911 35,190 14,841 4,106 54,137
1 Provisional figures.