Chapter 2 - Personnel
           
Table 2.38 New claims and settled claims by broad category in each year
The data in this table are not National Statistics because they have not been assessed as such by the UK Statistics Authority.
New Claims Notified
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
Total
 8 447 7 686 6 820 7 389 7 605
Public Liability Claims
 892 715 639 974 705
    Low Flying
 202 171 175 244 161
    Maritime
 18 20 24 25 16
    Other Public Liability (inc Northern Ireland)
 643 507 435 690 512
    Radiation
 29 17 5 15 16
Employers' Liability Claims
 1 983 1 846 1 404 1 863 1 684
    Service Employment Tribunal1
 - 27 - - -
    Other Service Employer's Liability
 664 623 459 776 584
    Asbestos Related
 887 742 209 189 139
    Noise Induced Hearing Loss
 129 145 413 577 725
    Vibration White Finger
 37 18 58 45 33
    Other Civilian Employer's Liability
 266 291 265 276 203
Other
 5 572 5 125 4 777 4 552 5 216
    Clinical Negligence
 86 69 67 86 55
    Road Traffic Accidents
 3 216 2 982 2 620 2 284 2 254
    Area Claims Offices' Claims
 2 192 2 015 2 003 2 124 2 849
    Visiting Forces2
 78 59 87 58 58
Settled Claims Notified
          
Total
 7 757 8 012 6 980 6 419 6 347
Public Liability Claims
 496 413 402 592 486
    Low Flying
 120 124 126 141 126
    Maritime
 10 11 13 12 6
    Other Public Liability (inc Northern Ireland)
 365 278 262 438 353
    Radiation
 1 - 1 1 1
Employers' Liability Claims
 1 901 1 878 2 242 2 337 1 597
    Service Employment Tribunal1
 - 4 5 57 1
    Other Service Employer's Liability
 706 601 800 1 063 637
    Asbestos Related
 613 773 607 314 205
    Noise Induced Hearing Loss
 116 63 355 500 380
    Vibration White Finger
 92 52 70 62 53
    Other Civilian Employer's Liability
 374 385 405 341 321
Other
 5 360 5 721 4 336 3 490 4 264
    Clinical Negligence
 25 28 23 16 22
    Road Traffic Accidents
 3 706 3 717 2 986 2 103 2 657
    Area Claims Offices' Claims
 1 581 1 917 1 269 1 330 1 536
    Visiting Forces2
 48 59 58 41 49
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.

Number of settled claims by broad catagory in 2008/09