16 ANNUAL REPORT 2010 processing by the Ombudsman’s office. The survey of citizens’ perceptions was completed in 2011 and the survey of authorities’ perceptions is expected also to be completed in 2011. The survey relating to inspection activities covers five institutions where inspections have been carried out by the Ombudsman. We expect this survey to be completed in early 2012. The evaluation panel was established by the Ombudsman in 2009 to make a ­professional legal assessment of the office’s work. The panel comprises five ­lawyers with a thorough knowledge of administrative law: Ms Pernille Boye Koch, Senior Lecturer, University of Southern Denmark, Ms Lisbeth Larsen, Pre­si­ dent, Glostrup Court, Professor Karsten Revsbech LLD, University of Aarhus, Professor Steen Rønsholdt LLD, University of Copenhagen, and Mr Anders Valentiner-Branth, practising lawyer. Every year, the panel ­reviews ten cases concluded during the preceding year in which a ­statement has been made by the Ombudsman. Half the cases are selected by the ­members of the panel, the ­other half are randomly selected by the office, in such a way that the cases show some diversity of content. The panel prepares a memo on its evaluation of the cases and this memo forms the basis of a meeting ­between the ­Ombudsman and the panel to discuss the subjects considered by the panel. ­A fterwards, the result of the panel’s work is communicated to the Om­buds­man’s ­employees. In 2009, the main focus of the discussions was the decision concept in administrative law, while the discussions in 2010 among other things concerned the principles of discretion under rule and institution considerations. Appendix C (pp. 63-77) contains various statistics – only a few key figures will be highlighted below: The number of new cases in 2010 was 4,994 as against 4,379 in 2009. For comparison purposes, developments in the number of new cases have been as follows over the past decade: Number of cases opened in the past ten years 5,000 4,994 4,000 3,000 4,298 3,689 3,725 2001 2002 4,093 4,266 4,110 3,976 2006 2007 4,229 4,379 2,000 1,000 0 2003 2004 2005 2008 2009 2010