§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Mid-Norfolk (Mr. Simpson) on 21 January 1999,Official Report, column 529, if he will list the year of submission of each claim for compensation on the grounds of (a) post-traumatic stress disorder and (b) physical injury, with the geographical region where it is alleged the injuries were sustained. [69607]
§ Mr. SpellarThe years in which my Department received the(a) post traumatic disorder claims and (b) physical injury claims to which my hon. Friend refers are set out in the table.
Year claim submitted Post traumatic stress disorder claims Personal injury claims 1979 — 2 1985 — 3 1988 — 4 1989 — 3 1990 — 19 1991 — 39 1992 — 51 1993 — 90 18W
Battalion Police division Approximate district council boundaries Number of patrols 11 May-8 June 1998 Number of patrols 9 November-7 December 1998 3 Inf Bde Armagh Roulement Battalion1,2 H Armagh, Newry and Mourne 414 308 East Tyrone Roulement Battalion K Cookstown, Dungannon 244 123 Ballykinler Battalion G Down, Ards, Newry and Mourne 118 6 3 R Irish J Craigavon, Lisburn, Banbridge 355 300 8 R Irish H Armargh 470 280 8 InfBde Ballykelly Battalion N Limavady, Strabane 22 7 Londonderry Battalion N Londonderry, Strabane 127 12 Omagh Battalion3 L Omagh, Dungannon, Fermanagh 128 133 4 R Irish L Fermanagh 229 218 5 R Irish O Magherafelt, Limavady, Colerain, Moyle, Larne, Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney 27 0
Year claim submitted Post traumatic stress disorder claims Personal injury claims 1994 10 136 1995 16 232 1996 40 574 1997 39 1,053 1998 43 1,498 1999 7 12 Information regarding the geographical region where the alleged injuries were sustained could be provided only at disproportionate cost.