Employers' Liability: Personal Injury
Work and Pensions
David Anderson (Blaydon, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of trends in the number of employer liability personal injury cases in the last five years.
Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of trends in the number of employer liability personal injury cases in the last five years.
Chris Grayling (Minister of State (Employment), Work and Pensions; Epsom and Ewell, Conservative)
The information is tabled as follows:
| Employer liability | |||
| Number | |||
| Financial year | Accident | Disease | Total |
| 2006-07 | 70,783 | 27,695 | 98,478 |
| 2007-08 | 68,497 | 18,701 | 87,198 |
| 2008-09 | 72,342 | 14,615 | 86,957 |
| 2009-10 | 65,450 | 13,294 | 78,744 |
| 2010-11 | 66,142 | 15,328 | 81,470 |
The table reflects the volume of employment claims registered with the Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU) between the periods
Information from compensation claims registered by compensators with the CRU is provided on the DWP internet site accessible through Directgov Performance and Statistics—DWP. This information may be used by appropriate parties, including the insurance industry, to examine any trends for compensation claims that are made with insurance companies. Therefore, the CRU information on Directgov provides statistics to allow trends to be assessed by interested parties such as the insurance industry. The CRU itself does not undertake any specific trend analysis as the role of the unit is to register claims for compensation, ensure that double compensation does not occur and recover relevant monies from compensators.