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Personal injury claims against council
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1. What is the total number of personal injury claims recorded against your council for the last three tax years (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25), broken down by year?
The council records claims numbers by calendar year, not by financial year. We have therefore responded for the 3 calendar years 2022-2024.
2022: 20 claims
2023: 25 claims
2024: 15 claims
2. How many of those claims outlined in question 1 were submitted:
• By employees
• By members of the public
All were submitted by members of the public
3. What was the total amount paid out by your council as the result of personal injury claims against your council for the last three tax years (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25), broken down by year?
2022: £7,231 (including legal fees etc.)
2023: £6,017 (including legal fees where applicable)
2024: £0
4. What were the most common types of claim recorded against your council during the last three tax years (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25), including but not limited to the following examples:
- Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs)
- Accidents at Work
- Public Liability Claims
- Industrial Disease
- Animal Accidents
- Criminal Injuries
- Travel Accidents
- Negligence
All were Public Liability/negligence claims
