Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 9 February 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release of 28 December 2015, Insurers vow to pass on whiplash reform saving, what the evidential basis is for the Government's statement that whiplash claims cost the country £2 billion a year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on what proportion of the £2 billion cost of whiplash claims comes from (a) genuine claims and (b) fraudulent claims.
As noted in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, the figure of £2 billion a year is an insurance industry estimate of the cost of dealing with road traffic related personal injury claims.
The Government will be publishing an impact assessment alongside its consultation on the whiplash reforms announced in the Autumn Statement in due course.
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