§ Mr. Gregory CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much public money has been spent on meeting compensation claims in relation to pedestrians who have had accidents on footpaths and roads in the ownership of the Department for Regional Development in each of the last five years. [172063]
§ Mr. SpellarThe IT records of the Department for Regional Development do not distinguish pedestrians from other claimants e.g. car passengers. It is believed, however, that the vast majority of claimants claiming against the Department for personal injury are pedestrians and relate to accidents on footpaths or roadways. The following table sets out the total 267W compensation expenditure paid by the Department for Regional Development in relation to personal injury claims in each of the last five years.
£ 2003–04 4,882,718 2002–03 4,744,835 2001–02 3,069,728 2000–01 2,244,137 1999–2000 3,104,204