To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many employer liability personal injury claims worth over £2,500 were settled in court in (a) 1989–90, (b) 1990–91, (c) 1991–92, (d) 1992–93 and (e) the first six months of 1992–93.
These figures are not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many personal injury claims worth over £2,500 were settled in court in (a) 1989–90, (b) 1990–91, (c) 1991–92, (d) 1992–93 and (e) the first six months of 1992–93.
The only figures available are those set out in tables 1 and 2. They show by respective year since 1989, the total number of personal injury cases disposed of by trial, in the case of the High Court, where the amount of the award was £5,000 or more; and in the county courts where the amount of the award was £2,000 or more.
| Table 1 | |
| Personal injury cases in the high court during 1989–1992 where the amount of award was £5,000 or more | |
| Year | |
| 1989 | 1,823 |
| 1990 | 484 |
| 1991 | 625 |
| 1992 | 1,072 |
| Table 2 | |
| Personal injury cases in the county court during 1989–1992 where the amount of award was £2,000 or more | |
| Year | |
| 1989 | 1,136 |
| 1990 | 2,658 |
| 1991 | 1,530 |
| 1992 | 4,106 |