Sir David Amess
Conservative, Southend West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was recovered by hospitals from insurers towards the cost of treatment of persons injured in road accidents in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Ben Bradshaw
Minister of State (Regional Affairs) (South West), The Minister of State, Department of Health
The information requested is shown in the following table.
| Amounts recovered under the national health service injury cost recovery (ICR) schemes from 2003-04 to 2007-08 | |
| Total (£) | |
| 2003-04 | 105,654,936 |
| 2004-05 | 117,504,738 |
| 2005-06 | 121,500,570 |
| 2006-07(1) | 128,187,681 |
| 2007-08(1) | 137,041,544 |
| (1) The ICR scheme was expanded on 29 January 2007 to include all successful personal injury claims not just those arising from road traffic accidents. Figures for 2006-07 and 2007-08 include all recoveries under the expanded scheme. | |
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