§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the outstanding number of cases before the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; and how much compensation has been paid for each year in the last 10 years.
§ Mr. John PattenAt the end of October 1991, 80,404 cases were outstanding of which 58,645 were awaiting decision by a member of the board or the staff, 10,020 were awaiting the applicant's response to an offer, and 11,739 were awaiting an oral hearing.
Compensation paid in each of the last 10 years was as follows:
£ 1981–82 21,976,696 1982–83 29,444,675 1983–84 38,820,772 1984–85 35,293,451 1985–86 41,559,996 1986–87 48,241,764 1987–88 52,042,581 1988–89 69,381,286 1989–90 72,721,563 1990–91 1109,330,303 1 Provisional figure.