FOI Request Compensation Payments

Request 101001526145

Could you please detail the number of compensation payouts you have made over the past five years, with an annual breakdown and the total amount paid out each year.

Please provide a breakdown by category detailing what claim the payments were made in relation to.

EG

2010

xx claims xx total pay out
2 claims for pavement trips
claim 1 £200
claim 2 £400

Response 27-06-2017

53 compensation claims totalling £282693.23 paid out in the period 010412 - 310317

 

01-04-12-31-03-13  13 claims totalling £55,016.08

3 slips on ice £5,576/£4,700/£15,000

1 slip on spilt water £5,250

1 possessions lost during storage £700

1 injury when cycling seat tipped back £750

1 injury when mouth & teeth struck by a bar £4,500

1 torn jacket £65

1 car damaged when sign blew over £379.08

1 injury on Town Hall stage £2036

1 car window broken during grass cutting £60

1 injury while caring £12,000

1 trapped finger £4,000

 

01-04-13-31-03-14  10 claims totalling £93,324.26

1 water damage £17,500

1 damaged wall £120

1 trip on damaged lino £2,500

1 footway surface defect £15,000

1 slip on spilt water £12,500

1 fall off stool which child pulled away £30,000

1 axle snapped while using machinery £3,100

1 slip on ice £1,970

1 damage to underground cables £2,879.26

1 injury while opening recycling bin hatches £7,755

 

01-04-14-31-03-15  8 claims totalling £26,606.40

1 hand/arm vibration £1,726.40

1 waste bin slipped £3,500

1 equipment crushed foot £12,500

1 tar damage £1,315

1 playground pothole £5,265

1 fall through ceiling £1,750

1 damage by chips on road £400

1 damaged wall £150

 

01-04-15 – 31-03-16  13 claims totalling £78,518.02

2 roads potholes £7,000/£112.50

1 hand/arm vibration £14,093.81

1 back strain £4,000

1 broken bone in foot £4,500

1 broken nose £3,500

1 injury while caring £10,000

1 trip on external stairs £3,000

1 car damaged by wheelie bin £747.71

1 burnt arm £3,000

1 fall from roof £25,000

1 broken window while grass cutting £564

1 hogweed burns £3,000

 

01-04-16 – 31-03-17  9 claims totalling £29228.47

1 injury when kitchen units slipped in rain £3,000

1 trip on raised drain £10,000

1 knock out injury caued by stack of bins falling £5,000

1 damaged food when freezer switched off £64

1 car damaged by untethered gazebo £1,567.40

1 hand burnt on ladder £5,000

1 roads pavements £40.00

1 step ladder broke £3,050

1 escape of water from above £1,507.07