Accident Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in how many cases recoupment of benefits for accident victims has taken place in the last three years; how much was recouped (a) in total, (b) for road accident cases, (c) for accidents at work cases, (d) for clinical negligence cases and (e) in other cases; and if he will make a statement. (75994)

The information is in the following tables.

*Total cases where recoupment from damages awarded to accident victims has been made by the Compensation Recovery Unit in each of the past three years*
	Total cases	Road accident victims (motor)	Accidents at work (employer)	Clinical negligence	Other cases
2003-04	69,607	22,492	40,192	1,364	5,559
2004-05	66,369	21,722	37,542	1,426	5,679
2005-06	68,581	20,124	41,486	1,453	5,518

*Amounts recovered by the Compensation Recovery Unit by way of recoupment from damages awarded to accident victims in each of the past three years*
	Total Amount (£)	Road accident victims (motor)	Accidents at work (employer)	Clinical negligence	Other cases
2003-04	171,096,832	47,548,518	105,222,813	5,678,918	12,646,583
2004-05	163,392,733	46,369,383	98,117,141	6,110,571	12,795,638
2005-06	148,840,619	42,217,163	87,524,579	6,750,203	12,348,674
Notes: 1. The column titled “Other Cases” includes other, public and unknown liabilities. 2. The figures in table (2) are rounded up to the nearest £. Source: Figures are taken from the Compensation Recovery Unit's management information statistics.

Volume 448: debated on Thursday 6 July 2006