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Personal Injury

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the highest 10 payments made by her Department in settlement of personal injury claims brought against it were over the last 12 months for which figures are available; which of those cases were (a) contested and (b) uncontested by the Department; and what the nature of the incident was in each case. (216685)

During the period 1 July 2007-30 June 2008, the Home Office, including the UK Border Agency, the Identity and Passport Service and the Criminal Records Bureau, settled a total often personal injury claims, with the total compensation awarded amounting to £165,727.68.

The claims are broken down in the following table.

Personal injury claims from 1 July 2007 to 30 July 2008

Nature of incident/claim

Contested

Compensation (£)

Work Related Stress

Yes

115,000.00

Injury resulting from a fall

Yes

11,044.00

Repetitive strain injury

No

10,000.00

Repetitive strain injury

No

8,000.00

Injury resulting from a slip

Yes

7,705.00

Repetitive strain injury

No

7,000.00

Tripped over door

Yes

3,000.00

Collapsed Aorta

No

1,728.68

Trapped hand in door

Yes

1,250.00

Manual handling injury

Yes

1,000.00