Central administration 21 2.96% 3.66% DAP 18 Other central management 3 Magistrate 15 2.12% 1.57% Minister 8 1.13% 1.96% Minister of the Interior 4 Minister of Justice 4 Other 4 0.56% 1.44% TOTAL 709 100% 100% Inquiry case-files When the situation brought to the CGLPL's attention calls for verifications with an authority, an inquiry case file is opened. This can lead to one or more inquiry letters being sent out to one or more authorities; as such, the number of files newly opened is less than the number of inquiry letters generated in the year. The start of the inquiry corresponds to the date on which the letter giving rise to these verifications is received, and the end of the inquiry to the dispatch dates of the letters informing the persons referring the cases of the action taken and the analysis to the authorities referred the information which they have brought to the attention of the CGLPL. In 2017, 452 new inquiry case-files were opened (versus 417 over the course of the first eleven months of 2016), of which 131 were closed as at 31 December 2017 (versus 131 as at 30 November 2016). Among the inquiry case-files that were opened earlier: - 133 were still in progress as at 31 December 2017 (versus 154 as at 30 November 2016); - 242 had been closed during the year (versus 255 in 2016 over the first eleven months of the year). The following statistics pertain only to the inquiry case-files that were newly opened (unless specified otherwise). Types of persons referring cases leading to the opening of case-files Category of persons Total 2017 % 2017 % 2016 Person concerned 304 67.26% 60.67% Family / relatives 55 12.17% 11.03% Association 35 7.74% 10.79% Lawyer 35 7.74% 8.87% Other 11 2.43% 2.88% Own-initiative referrals (CGLPL) 6 1.34% 2.40% Physicians / medical staff 3 0.66% 1.92% Fellow person deprived of liberty 3 0.66% 1.44% Total 452 100% 100% 125