Personal Injury compensation paid to students under Local Authorities Responsibility
Case reference FOI2024/00872
Received 15 May 2024
Published 7 June 2024
Request
1. In the last financial year (2023/24) how much money did you pay to students, who attended school under your authority's responsibility, as compensation for personal injuries?
2. How many individual claims did this represent?
3. For all payments in excess of £2,000 please state the amount of compensation and a brief description of the nature of the claim, e.g. Fall from climbing frame (£2,100), Fingers trapped in door (£3,150).
4. In relation to all claims for compensation for personal injury referred to in Q.1 how many of these claims were for injuries sustained as a result of an attack or assault from another student?
5. What was the total compensation paid to students who were attacked or assaulted by fellow students?
Note: These 5 questions relate to compensation claims paid in 2023/24 irrespective of when the actual injury incident took place or when the claim was lodged. No details of costs and payments to solicitors are requested.
Response
1. In the last financial year (2023/24) how much money did you pay to students, who attended school under your authority's responsibility, as compensation for personal injuries?
2. How many individual claims did this represent?
3. For all payments in excess of £2,000 please state the amount of compensation and a brief description of the nature of the claim, e.g. Fall from climbing frame (£2,100), Fingers trapped in door (£3,150).
4. In relation to all claims for compensation for personal injury referred to in Q.1 how many of these claims were for injuries sustained as a result of an attack or assault from another student?
5. What was the total compensation paid to students who were attacked or assaulted by fellow students?
Note: These 5 questions relate to compensation claims paid in 2023/24 irrespective of when the actual injury incident took place or when the claim was lodged. No details of costs and payments to solicitors are requested.
The Service Area have advised that Herefordshire Council does not look after the schools insurance this is now done by the school on an individual basis since the Government Insurance scheme. Each school are the policy holder and would hold this information, they will either be insured by the Government Scheme if they are an academy, or by Zurich.
Therefore, Herefordshire Council does not hold this information. The information may be held by the schools themselves, who are public authorities in their own right under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. A list of schools in Herefordshire, with links to further information including their contact details, is available on the council's website via the link below:
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