§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many certificates issued by the Compensation Recovery Unit have resulted in payments received; and what is the total of those payments; [136432]
(2) how much money has been recovered from damages awarded to miners by the Compensation Recovery Unit; [136433]
(3) what was the original estimated amount claimed by the Compensation Recovery Unit from the damages awarded to those miners whose cases the hon. Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney brought to his and his Department's attention; and what is the latest estimate claimed by the Compensation Recovery Unit in these cases.[136431]
§ Mr. BayleySince the current compensation recovery scheme came into effect during the 1996–97 financial year, 3,898,582 certificates have been issued, and £684,430,905 has been recovered.
The total amount recovered to date by the Compensation Recovery Unit from damages awarded to miners by the Department of Trade and Industry is £14,868,340.07.
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The breakdown of the certificates issued and amounts recovered Financial year Certificates issued Benefits recovered (£) 1997–98 720,546 166,906,114 1998–99 1,265,104 201,468,600 1999–2000 1,232,304 202,105,188 1 April 2000 to 31 August 2000 680,628 113,951,003 Total 3,898,582 684,430,905 It should be noted that, first, more than one certificate may be issued in relation to a given recovery, and, second, because payments may be received some time after the Compensation Recovery Unit issues a certificate, payments received during a given financial year may relate to certificates issued during the previous financial year. The figures for certificates issued and benefits recovered are therefore not necessarily coterminous. In respect of the five cases brought by my hon. Friend to the attention of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and the Department in February of this year, both the original estimated amount and the latest estimated amount are shown in the following table. For reasons of confidentiality, the identity of particular cases has to remain anonymous.
Original certificate Latest certificate Cases (£) Date of issue (£) Date of issue 1 21,787.59 8 January 2000 0 27 October 1999 2 21,707.54 16 November 1999 6.38 18 October 2000 3 24,238.75 24 July 1997 22.02 2 October 2000 4 14.302.01 21 December 1999 413.08 6 June 2000 5 5,858.35 27 October 1999 674.46 8 August 2000