14. Summary filled through an open call for application, in accordance with the Ombudsman Act’s provisions on gender composition.283 Visits were carried out by visiting delegations consisting of four to six members. When setting up the visiting delegations, in addition to the gender balance, I tried to ensure the groups’ multidisciplinary composition and include experts in the field of protecting the rights of national, ethnic minorities. Although I have to perform the tasks of the NPM independently, I received valuable support from the members of the CCB, consisting of organisations registered and operating in Hungary, with outstanding practical and/or high-level theoretical knowledge relative to the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty. More than one-third of the places of detention on the NPM’s annual schedule of visits have been chosen on the recommendation of the members of the CCB.284 Using the data received from the competent governmental organs, my colleagues updated, as of December 31, 2017, the list of places of detention as defined in Article 4 of the OPCAT. Based on the data at my disposal, on December 31, 2017, there were 146,339 detention units at the 3,767 places of detention under Hungarian jurisdiction. During the fourth year of the NPM, I inspected a total of 753 detention units at 15 places of detention. The average utilisation rate of these units of detention stood at 52.3%. Our visiting delegations found the highest utilisation rates (100%) in the foster families of the foster parent network of the Vas County Child Welfare Centre and the Visegrád Assisted Living Centre for the Elderly operated by the Visegrád Aranykor Foundation. Although there had been no prior notifications, the visiting delegations were given access to almost all the places of detention without delay. The visiting delegation’s objective was to meet, if possible, all persons deprived of their liberty present at the given place of detention at the time of the visit. The visiting delegations inspected the premises of the places of detention, their furnishing and equipment, documents related to the number, treatment, and conditions of placement of the detainees, made photocopies of some of the documents, reviewed the engagement of the persons deprived of their liberty and conducted interviews with the detainees and the staff members as well. The staff members of the places of detention, with one exception, complied with their obligation to cooperate in performing the tasks of the NPM. Reports were prepared on every visit, containing the visiting delegations’ “findings and the conclusions based thereon”. In 2018, I prepared altogether 9 reports within the frameworks of performing the tasks of the National 283 284 See Section 39/D(4) of the Ombudsman Act. SPT visit to Hungary between March 21 and 30, 2017: conclusions and recommendations for the National Preventive Mechanism (CAT/OP/HUN/R.2), Section 31. 143