§ Mr. TrimbleTo ask the Seccretary of State for Northern Ireland how many claims against the Northern Ireland Office in respect of criminal injury or criminal damage were disposed of by way of settlement or adjudication in the period (i) 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992866W and (ii) 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1993; in how many of such cases within each period junior counsel was instructed giving (a) the number of junior counsel with the number of cases in which each was briefed and (b) the perceived religious affiliation of the number of counsel instructed and the number of cases in which each was briefed.
§ Sir John WheelerResponsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Compensation Agency under its chief executive Mr. John Robinson. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from John Robinson to Mr. David Trimble, dated 16 March 1994:
Your parliamentary Question to Sir John Wheeler MP concerning the number of settled claims for compensation in respect of criminal injuries and criminal damage in 1991–92 and 1992–93 in which junior counsel were instructed has been passed to me as Chief Executive of the Compensation Agency.The figures are as follows:
1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1993 Total number of settlements and court awards 9,330 10,174 Number involving junior counsel 2,582 2,217 Number of junior counsel instructed 16 15
Number of cases in which individual counsel was instructed Counsel 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1993 A 569 500 B 531 318 C 525 461 D 437 368 E 129 91 F 107 99 G 71 96 H 67 219 I 38 8 J 34 13 K 32 1 L 31 39 M 7 0 N 2 1 O 1 0 P 1 0 Q 0 2 R 0 1 Total 2,582 2,217 The Agency has no information on the religious affiliation of counsel instructed.
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