Chapter 2 - Personnel
Table 2.40 New claims and settled claims by broad category in each year
The data in this table are outside the scope of National Statistics because they do not meet all of the high professional quality assurance standards set out in the National Statistics Code of Practice.
Number
  2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08
New Claims Notified 7 749 8 447 7 686 6 820 7 389
Public Liability Claims 787 892 715 639 974
  Low Flying 200 202 171 175 244
  Maritime 37 18 20 24 25
  Other Public Liability (inc Northern Ireland) 532 643 507 435 690
  Radiation 18 29 17 5 15
Employers' Liability Claims 1 941 1 983 1 846 1 404 1 863
  Service Employment Tribunal 1 - - 27 - -
  Other Service Employer's Liability 604 664 623 459 776
  Asbestos Related 595 887 742 209 189
  Noise Induced Hearing Loss 101 129 145 413 577
  Vibration White Finger 65 37 18 58 45
  Other Civilian Employer's Liability 576 266 291 265 276
Other 5 021 5 572 5 125 4 777 4 552
  Clinical Negligence 92 86 69 67 86
  Road Traffic Accidents 2 262 3 216 2 982 2 620 2 284
  Area Claims Offices' Claims 2 565 2 192 2 015 2 003 2 124
  Visiting Forces2 102 78 59 87 58
 
Settled Claims Notified 6 857 7 757 8 012 6 980 6 419
Public Liability Claims 508 496 413 402 592
  Low Flying 130 120 124 126 141
  Maritime 34 10 11 13 12
  Other Public Liability (inc Northern Ireland) 343 365 278 262 438
  Radiation 1 1 - 1 1
Employers' Liability Claims 2 200 1 901 1 878 2 242 2 337
  Service Employment Tribunal1 12 - 4 5 57
  Other Service Employer's Liability 790 706 601 800 1 063
  Asbestos Related 534 613 773 607 314
  Noise Induced Hearing Loss 174 116 63 355 500
  Vibration White Finger 85 92 52 70 62
  Other Civilian Employer's Liability 605 374 385 405 341
Other 4 149 5 360 5 721 4 336 3 490
  Clinical Negligence 42 25 28 23 16
  Road Traffic Accidents 2 334 3 706 3 717 2 986 2 103
  Area Claims Offices' Claims 1 682 1 581 1 917 1 269 1 330
  Visiting Forces2 91 48 59 58 41
Source: MOD Claims Annual Reports

1.    Although generally Employment Tribunal cases are now dealt with by TLBs, the new claims in 2005/06 were Homosexual dismissal cases for which DS&C Claims agreed to retain central responsibility.

2.    Claims against NATO forces visiting the UK and claims by NATO countries against UK personnel visiting those countries.