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Mr. Win Griffiths
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many claims have been made to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board in each of the last three years; how many have been successful; how many have gone to appeal and then been accepted; and what have been the shortest, longest and average times each year to deal with cases that have gone to appeal.
Mr. Maclean
The latest available information, provided by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB), is summarised in the following tables.
| Table 1 Claims received and decisions made by CICB | |||
| 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 1991–92 | |
| Claims received | 53,655 | 50,820 | 61,400 |
| Awards offered and accepted at first decision stage | 25,577 | 32,135 | 35,268 |
| Applications for appeal | 7,203 | 8,123 | 9,258 |
| Appeals heard | 3,897 | 6,265 | 8,731 |
| Successful appeals | 2,349 | 3,055 | 3,981 |
| Table 2 Time between application for appeal and hearing | |||
| 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 1991–92 | |
| per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | |
| Up to 3 months | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 to 6 months | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 6 to 9 months | 6 | 10 | 15 |
| 9 to 12 months | 18 | 11 | 14 |
| Over 12 months | 72 | 67 | 55 |
| 100 | 100 | 100 | |
Note: The numbers relating to awards, applications for appeals and appeals heard in any one year do not necessarily relate to claims received in that year, or to each other.