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Record Ref : FOI 8950
Date Received : 11/11/2021
Date Completed : 17/01/2022
Organisation : Wales Online
Application Type : Media
Category : Compensation Claims
Question

1)How much money did the council pay out in compensation to members of the public in 2018-19, in 2019-20, and in 2020-21? i.e please provide 3 figures. 2) How many claims were paid out in those 3 years? i.e 52 in 2018-19, 65 in 2019-20 etc. 3) What were the 3 highest payouts over the course of 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21, and can you give a brief summary of the incident? i.e a person was struck by a council ladder and received £16,000 compensation for injuries. 4) How much money did the council pay out in compensation to its employees in 2018-19, in 2019-20, and in 2020-21? i.e please provide 3 figures. 5) How many claims were paid out to employees in those 3 years? i.e 52 in 2018-19, 65 in 2019-20 etc.. 6) What were the 3 highest payouts for employees over the course of 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21, and can you say what each one was for? i.e a employee was struck by a council ladder and received £12,000 compensation for injuries.

Answer

1)2018/19 – £52,562 2019/20 – £67,204 2020/21 – £1943 Figures include claim payments as well as third party legal fees, own legal fees, loss adjuster fees, compensation recovery unit charges and any other associated relevant fees. 2) 2018/19 – 5 2019/20 – 9 2020/21 – 1 3) £16,000 – slipped on ice in car park (2018/19) £14,900.33 – tree from council land fell on private property (2019/20) £7500 – breach of data protection regulations (2019/20) 4) 2018/19 - £0 2019/20 - £23,104 2020/21 - £0 Figures include claim payments as well as third party legal fees, own legal fees, loss adjuster fees, compensation recovery unit charges and any other associated relevant fees. 5) 2018/19 – 0 2019/20 – 2 2020/21 - 0 6) £6600 – manual handling type incident (2019/20) £3936 – manual handling type incident (2019/20)