§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the value of benefit recovered from persons receiving compensation for personal injury and disability in the last year for which figures are available; how many individual compensation cases were involved; and, as a global figure, what was the proportion of the amount recovered by his Department compared with the total awarded to those seeking compensation and in receipt of reclaimable benefits. [19371]
§ 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 Mr. Peter Mathison to Mr. David Hinchliffe, dated 12 March 1996:
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what was the value of benefit recovered from persons receiving compensation for personal injury and disability in the last year for which figures are available; how many individual compensation cases were involved; and, as a global figure, what was the proportion of the amount recovered by his Department compared to the total awarded to those seeking compensation and in receipt of reclaimable benefits.
There is no legal requirement for the compensator to notify the Compensation Recovery Unit about the size of settlements. Therefore, the information about the proportion of the award recouped is not available. The rest of the information you requested is given below:
Period Numers of cases Total amount recovered 11/4/94—31/3/95 39,915 £110.1M1 Figures are provisional and subject to charge.
1 This figure includes monies recovered form both final and interim payments.
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