THE YEAR IN FIGURES OTHER FACTS The Ombudsman declared himself disqualified in five cases in 2017. Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee assigned these cases to Henrik Bloch Andersen, High Court Judge. The Ombudsman’s office provided secretariat assistance in connection with the processing of the cases. The Faroese Lagting (the Parliament) did not ask the Ombudsman to act as ad hoc ombudsman for the Faroese Parliamentary Ombudsman in any cases in 2017. The Inatsisartut (the Parliament of Greenland) asked the Ombudsman to act as ad hoc ombudsman for the Ombudsman for Inatsisartut in three cases. 145