Vol. 494 No. 3
188 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Defence the number of claims for personal injuries made against his Department between 1990 and 1997; the number of these claims in respect of which compensation was paid; and the total amount paid for each of these years. [18188/98]
The number of personal injury claims between the years 1990 and 1997 and the amount paid in compensation is as follows:
|
Year |
No. of personal injury claims received |
No. of Awards and Settlements |
Awards/Settlements |
Costs |
|
£ |
£ |
|||
|
Prior to 1994 |
1,468 |
355 |
7,459,745 |
2,541,446 |
|
1994 |
716 |
144 |
3,382,681 |
894,004 |
|
1995 |
1,696 |
204 |
4,699,102 |
1,415,672 |
|
1996 |
2,583 |
280 |
8,410,643 |
2,644,250 |
|
1997 |
6,501 |
1,348 |
33,107,75 |
9,815,74¹ |
