§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the precise value of each of the 25 awards of over £10,000 for fatal injury under the criminal injuries compensation scheme in 1991–92.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 24 January 1994]: The case sampling survey undertaken to establish "tariff" rates 436W examined 238 of the fatal cases resolved in 1991–92. These 238 cases gave rise to 162 awards, of which 16 exceeded £10,000. The awards made in the 162 cases were then grossed up to produce equivalent figures for the 252 fatal awards which it was estimated had been made in total in the 1991–92 financial year. Applying a similar grossing up factor to the 16 awards exceeding £10,000 produced the estimated figure of 25 such awards in total. The 16 awards actually identified—each of which included an element for funeral expenses—were for sums of £12,000: £12,671: £13,665: £14,539: £15,000: £20,000: £21,490: £22,169: £28,451: £31,704: £33,187: £41,995: £57,072: £88,230: £100,600: £260,178.
§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the survey of criminal injuries compensation board awards used in drawing up his proposed tariff of compensation for victims of violent crime.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 24 January 1994]: No. The survey data contain information which would make it possible to identify individual recipients of awards. Publication of such data would be contrary to the Data Protection Act 1988 and to the board's policy of confidentiality.