The highest 10 payments made by the Department all related to the Prison Service and are listed in the following table for 2007-08.
Amount of damages1 Contested or uncontested2 Nature of incident £760,000 Court award Accident related injury £520,000 Court award Assault £220,000 Settled before hearing Assault £200,000 Court award Psychiatric injury £160,000 Settled before hearing Industrial injury £150,000 Settled before hearing Accident related injury £150,000 Settled before hearing Psychiatric injury £150,000 Settled before hearing Medical negligence £130,000 Settled before hearing Fatality £130,000 Settled before hearing Psychiatric injury 1 In order to prevent any claimant being identified the damages have been rounded to the nearest £10,000. 2 All claims are defended until such time as the evidence indicates otherwise.