Medical Negligence (Hansard, 16 March 2004)

HC Deb 16 March 2004 vol 419 c261W 261W

§ Mrs. Iris Robinson
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what costs to public funds resulted from medical negligence in each of the last 10 years. [157394]

§ Angela Smith
Information in relation to each of the last five years is as follows. The information relating to the previous five years is not readily available in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Amounts paid in settlements for clinical negligence claims from 1998–99 to 2002–03

£000

1998–99 12,286

1999–2000 4,859

2000–01 9,409

2001–02 7,415

2002–03 13,550

Amounts paid in settlements for clinical negligence claims from 1998–99 to 2002–03
	£000
1998–99	12,286
1999–2000	4,859
2000–01	9,409
2001–02	7,415
2002–03	13,550