HC Deb 15 October 2001 vol 372 cc1039-40W
Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been paid out in medical negligence claims in each of the last four years, together with the cost of accompanying legal fees. [7604]

Ms Blears

Figures on the amounts included in the National Audit summarised accounts for clinical negligence expenditure for the latest available years are as follows.

Year
1998–99 205 NHS trusts from a total of 402 NHS trusts
1999–2000 192 NHS trusts from a total of 377 NHS trusts