146 14. Summary tween the NPM and the place of detention.292 The court proceedings, which were in progress on December 31, 2017, were closed with binding effect in 2018. The second-instance court rejected the claim of the Claimant.293 The NPM’s operational costs in 2018 amounted to 82,789,143 Forints; this amount was allocated by my Office from its budget provided by the Parliament. The Subcommittee on Prevention paid an ordinary visit to Hungary between March 21 and 30, 2017. On the first working day of their visit, i.e. on March 22, 2017, the delegation met with the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights performing the tasks of the NPM, the staff members of the Department, and the representatives of the CCB’s member organisations at the Office. The report prepared for the NPM by the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture was received by my Office on December 8, 2017, with the request that I should respond to the conclusions and recommendations of the document by June 7, 2018. I displayed the report and my responses to the conclusions and recommendations of the report 294 on the NPM’s homepage.295 292 293 294 295 See Chapter 10.1. Ruling No 32.Pf.20.505/2018/7-II of the Budapest Court of Appeal, dated June 13, 2018, was put on file in my Office under No AJB-2354-22/2019. SPT visit to Hungary between March 21 and 30, 2017: see my responses to the conclusions and recommendations for the National Preventive Mechanism in Annex 1 (CAT/OP/HUN/R.2). Available at: www.ajbh.hu/opcat-SPT-jelentes-2017