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date	17/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Insurance Companies: Civil Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that greater numbers of insurance cases are resolved before they reach court proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Joseph Johnson
uin	255671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>The vast majority of claims against insurers in the civil justice system settle before court proceedings stage, as reflected in the statistics published by the Compensation Recovery Unit.</p><p> </p><p>Settlements are a matter for the parties to an individual dispute to reach agreement on, but the Government seeks to promote pre-court settlement – for example by the development of pre-action protocols.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of road traffic accident related personal injury claims under £5,000, the Government is introducing a new IT Platform, in April 2020, which will enable such claimants to communicate effectively with the at-fault insurer to efficiently progress and settle their claim during the pre-action stage without the need for court proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 28/05/2019 16:14:52 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

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registered interest
date	17/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to establish an ombudsman with legal powers to enforce decisions on third party personal injury claims before court proceedings are initiated.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Joseph Johnson
uin	255672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to bring forward such proposals.</p><p>It is for parties to personal injury claims to resolve their differences in the first instance, making use of pre-action protocols which put in place procedures designed to encourage earlier resolution of disputes.</p><p> </p><p>Currently there is a portal for lower value road traffic accident (RTA), public liability and employer liability claims which assists in achieving settlement of disputes. In addition, the Government is introducing a new IT Platform, in April 2020, which will enable RTA claimants to communicate effectively with the at-fault insurer to progress and settle their claim during the pre-action stage.</p><p> </p><p>Where disputes cannot be resolved by these means, the claimant has the option to pursue court proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 28/05/2019 16:19:27 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone