§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list, by regional health authority, the number of compensation payments made exceeding £100,000 paid in each year from 1984–85 to 1987–88.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 3 July 1989]: The number of compensation payments exceeding £100,000 notified to the Department in each year 1984–85 to 1987–88, together with the amounts involved, is as follows:
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1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 Region Number of cases Amounts £ Number of cases Amounts £ Number of cases Amounts £ Number of cases Amounts £ Northern — — — — — — — — Yorkshire — — 1 385,000 — — — — Trent — — 1 270,000 3 115,000 — — 130,000 375,000 East Anglian — — — — 1 151,222 — — North West Thames 1 220,760 — — — — — — North East Thames 1 235,000 — — — — 1 430,000 South East Thames — — 1 154,095 — — — — South West Thames — — — — 3 600,000 — — 150,498 108,434 Wessex — — 1 275,000 1 175,000 — — Oxford — — — — 1 550,000 — — South Western — — — — — — 1 350,000 West Midlands — — 1 250,000 2 175,000 1 220,000 260,000 Mersey — — — — — — 1 375,000 North Western — — — — 1 207,000 — — Note: The figures shown represent the total amount of the award/settlement, excluding costs. They do not take account of the fact that the health authority's liability may have been reduced (in a case involving a medical accident) by a contribution from a medical defence organisation.