HC Deb 08 February 1999 vol 325 cc17-8W
Mr. McNamara

To 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. Spellar

The 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

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.