ANNUAL REPORT 2017 142 Cases concluded in 2017 – by authority etc. Authority etc. with prime responsibility1 Investigations With criticism, formal or informal recommendations etc. Without criticism, formal or informal recommendations etc. Other forms of Rejections for processing and formal reasons assistance to citizens Total cases p. Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Department 1 4 4 0 9 Danish embassies, consulate generals etc. in foreign countries 0 0 1 1 2 Danish Fisheries Agency 0 0 4 0 4 Total 1 4 9 1 15 q. Ministry of Immigration and Integration The Department 6 14 41 12 73 Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration 0 0 6 0 6 Immigration Appeals Board 1 5 19 4 29 Danish Immigration Service 0 12 56 10 78 Total 7 31 122 26 186 r. Ministry of Education The Department 0 4 7 3 14 Special Education Appeals Board 0 2 3 0 5 National Agency for Education and Quality 0 2 11 0 13 Educational establishments 0 1 12 2 15 Total 0 9 33 5 47 s. Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Interior The Department 0 4 9 1 14 National Social Appeals Board2 1 192 276 58 527 Unit of the National Social Appeals Board super­vising municipalities’ and regions’ observance of legislation ap­ plying specifically to public authorities 0 10 28 2 40 Total 1 206 313 61 581 68 630 1,517 267 2,482 Central authorities etc., total 2) Cases where the authority with prime responsibility was a board to which the National Social Appeals Board pro­ vides secretariat assistance (the Special Education Appeals Board, the State Educational Grant and Loan Scheme Board of Appeal, the Psychiatric Patients’ Board of Complaints, the Board of Equal Treatment or the Danish Super­ visory Board of Psychological Practice) have been classified under the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Higher Education and Science, the Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs, the Ministry of Employment and the Ministry for Children and Social Affairs, respectively.