- Request
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I am requesting this information under the Freedom of Information Act.
Could you please provide data in response to the following questions:
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?
2. How many of those claims outlined in question 1 were submitted:
a) By employees
b) 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?
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:
a) Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs)
b) Accidents at Work
c) Public Liability Claims
d) Industrial Disease
e) Animal Accidents
f) Criminal Injuries
g)Travel Accidents
h) Negligence - Decision
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1. The total number of claims received in each year is:
2022/23 - 216
2023/24 - 183
2024/25 – 206
2. a) By employees
2022/23 - 6
2023/24 - 11
2024/25 - 9
b) By members of the public
2022/23 - 210
2023/24 - 172
2024/25 – 197
3.The total amount paid in damages for claims received by the council in the following years is:
2022/23 - £274,426.03
2023/24 - £177,662.50
2024/25 - £60,716.30
4. The most common type of claims recorded in the 3 years identified are:
a) Public Liability Claims
- Reference number
- FOI 16221273
- Date request received
- 16/04/26
- Date of decision
- 13/05/26