Written question asked by John Hayes (Conservative) on Tuesday, 16 December 1997, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 December 1997. It was answered by Geoffrey Hoon (Labour) on Monday, 22 December 1997 on behalf of the Lord Chancellor's Department.

Lord Chancellors Dept

Question: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what was the total expenditure on legal aid in relation to personal injury actions for the three most recent years for which figures are available; and how much in each year can be attributed to (a) medical negligence cases and (b) other cases, indicating each type of case. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Hayes: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what was total expenditure on legal aid in relation to personal injury actions for the three most recent years for which figures are available; and how much in each year can be attributed to (a) medical negligence cases and (b) other cases, indicating each type of case. [21695] Mr. Hoon: Net expenditure from the legal aid fund in respect of personal injury litigation in cases closed in the last three years, by category of case, was as follows: £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 Medical negligence 23.9 26.9 27.2 Accidents at work 8.1 10.7 13.7 Running down 4.2 5.2 5.8 Other personal injury 8.2 12.4 15.1 Total personal injury 44.4 52.2 61.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 21695; 303 c397-8W
Session: 1997-98
Subjects: Legal aid scheme Expenditure Misconduct Personal injury Negligence Medicine
Contains statistics: Yes