§ Mr. DismoreTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many personal injury cases were commenced(a) in the High Court and (b) in the county court in each of the last 10 years; and in relation to (b) how many were (i) in the fast track and (ii) in the multi-track since their introduction; and if he will make a statement on trends in the volume of personal injury litigation. [173564]
§ Mr. LammyFigures on personal injury claims commenced in the High Court are set out in the table. Reliable figures on the number of claims to the county court and on how many were dealt with in the fast track and the multi-track are not available, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Claims issued 1994 1,474 1995 1,224 1996 1,543 1997 1,464 1998 1,754 1999 1,187 2000 1,024 2001 1,019 2002 827 2003 570