§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has paid in each of the past five years in respect of compensation claims for injuries incurred during(a) military service and (b) non-military service; and if he will make a statement. [88366]
§ Mr. Spellar[holding answer 28 June 1999]: The following amount of common law compensation was paid to members of HM Forces in each of the past five financial years for injuries sustained during service:
Year £ 1994–95 11,881,178 1995–96 12,132,450 1996–97 14,532,261 1997–98 25,278,430 1998–99 26,675,952 Information regarding the types of activity that members of HM Forces were engaged in when they suffered injury for which my Department subsequently paid compensation can be provided only at disproportionate cost.