§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many awards of criminal injuries compensation were made, resulting from(a) physical abuse, (b) sexual abuse and (c) neglect cases involving children, in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. MacleanThe Criminal Injuries Compensation Board does not record centrally information about awards made in respect of abuse, neglect or other categories of injury.
However, since 1989, it has recorded information about the number of applications received in respect of children—under the age of 18 at the date of the incident—who have suffered abuse. The information summarised below is taken from CICB's annual reports, copies of which are held in the Library.
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Financial year Number of awards Compensation paid (£m) 1979–80 17,460 15.7 1980–81 20,784 21.5 1981–82 17,350 22.0 1982–83 19,733 29.4 1983–84 21,133 32.8 1984–85 19,771 35.3 1985–86 22,534 41.6 1986–87 21,925 48.2 1987–88 20,991 52.0 1988–89 27,752 69.4 1989–90 27,926 72.7 1990–91 35,190 109.3
Financial year Number of awards Compensation paid (£m) 1991–92 39,249 143.7 1992–93 36,638 152.2
Number of deaths from fires attended by local authority fire brigades in the specified locations in the United Kingdom, 1979–921 Year Dwellings2 Industrial premises Elderly persons' and children's homes3 Offices4 Recreational venues Public houses, clubs5 1979 865 13 7 1 1 2 1980 822 6 6 0 0 640 1981 780 4 6 3 0 6 1982 728 7 8 2 7 10 1983 710 18 4 8 2 5 1984 692 25 7 1 6 2 1985 700 5 6 0 758 1 1986 753 13 7 2 2 5 1987 710 8 7 2 0 4 1988 732 11 15 2 0 4 1989 642 6 4 0 2 5 1990 627 2 5 1 0 3 1991 608 2 7 3 0 1 1992 594 6 13 0 1 0 1 Data for 1993 are not yet available. 2 Includes deaths in high rise flats, separate data are not available. 3 Includes homes for the disabled or handicapped. 4 Includes all deaths from fires starting in rooms used as offices, including any in offices in dwellings. 5 Includes wine bars, discotheques in clubs etc. 6 Includes 37 deaths in unlicensed drinking clubs in Soho. 7 Includes 56 deaths in Bradford City football ground. Source: Home Office Fire Statistics.