Written question asked by Andy Slaughter (Labour) on Tuesday, 3 May 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 May 2011. It was answered by Lord Grayling (Conservative) on Wednesday, 11 May 2011 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Personal Injury: Compensation Recovery Unit

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was recovered by the Compensation Recovery Unit in respect of each type of personal injury claim in each of the last three years; and how many cases this represents for each case type.

Answer

The information is in the following tables:

Amount and volume of claims recovered 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009
Case type	Amount recovered (£ million)	Volumes
Clinical Negligence	9.70	983
Employer	81.0	15,541
Motor	37.9	9,140
Other	0.8	141
Public	8.7	2,266
Liability not known	0.05	12

Amount and volume of claims recovered 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010
Case type	Amount recovered (£ million)	Volumes
Clinical Negligence	9.6	1,148
Employer	96.5	17,322
Motor	38.3	9,784
Other	0.8	148
Public	9.5	2,469
Liability not known	0.2	18

Amount and volume of claims recovered 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011
Case type	Amount recovered (£ million)	Volumes
Clinical Negligence	11.4	1,188
Employer	75.8	12,016
Motor	41.1	10,035
Other	0.9	139
Public	10.6	2,603
Liability not known	0.07	15
Notes:
1. The figures represent the total volume of claims for the recovered amount. An individual may have made a claim for more than one case type, for example an individual may have made a claim for both motor and employer liability. This will be recorded as two case types.
2. The breakdown of recoveries and the case types that they represent are not available in the public domain in this format.
Source:
The figures provided are from Shared Services Compensation Recovery Unit computer system and are subject to rounding. The figures are Management Information collected for the purpose of routine administration, and therefore have not been subjected to the rigorous quality assurance that is applied to DWP official statistics.

Secondary information