§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will state the 10 highest sums recovered by the compensation recovery unit from the victims of illness, accident or disease in 1995–96 and the nature of their illness or disability; [33359]
(2) what was the amount recovered by the compensation recovery unit in 1995–96; [33357]
(3) what projection he has made of the amount of money pkely to be recovered by the compensation recovery unit in the present financial year; [33336]
(4) how much money was recovered from sufferers from asbestos-related diseases by the compensation recovery unit in 1995–96. [33358]
§ Mr. Roger EvansThis is a matter for Peter Mathison, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Peter Mathison to Mr. Tony Worthington, dated 20 June 1996:
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Questions asking if he will state the 10 highest sums recovered by the Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU) from the victims of illness, accident or disease in 1995–96 and the nature of their illness or disability; what was the amount recovered by the CRU in 1995–96; what projection he has made of the amount of money likely to be recovered by the CRU in the present financial year and how much money was recovered from sufferers from asbestos related diseases by the CRU in 1995–96.The 10 highest sums recovered from individual victims of illness and the nature of the injury/disease they relate to is provided in the table below.
Amount £ Injury/disease 93,950.05 Neck injury 91,601.46 Multiple injuries 84,630.01 Back/spinal injury 79,186.77 Multiple injuries 73,217.08 Head/facial injury 72,337.38 Arm injury 70,756.37 1Miscellaneous 70,522.25 Head/facial injury 70,014.03 1Miscellaneous 69,945.16 Multiple injuries 1—miscellaneous injury is defined as lacerations, cuts, bruising or any combinatin whre no specific part of the body is mentioned.
The total amount recovered during 1995/96 was £135.1M. If the current trend continues it is envisaged that the amount recovered during the present financial year will be in the region of £145M.Information relating to asbestos related diseases is not available. The system is not designed to identify these cases however, the amount recovered from asbestosis sufferers during 1995/96 was £1,507,320.58.Data is provisional and subject to change.I hope you find this reply helpful.