HC Deb 17 June 2004 vol 422 c1108W
Mr. Beggs

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much(a) local authorities and (b) Government Departments and agencies paid in claims for personal injury or liability, as a proportion of their total budgets, in each of the last five years. [168199]

Mr. Pearson

Claims paid for personal injury in respect of employers liability and public liability, by the 11 Departments of the Northern Ireland Administration an the Northern Ireland Office, including agencies, has been less than 1 per cent. of total budgets in each of the last five years.

Information relating to personal injury claims paid by district councils is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

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