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<p>The Department does not hold complete information on this centrally, as each National
Health Service body is responsible for handling its own litigation except where they
have the claims processed under the statutory NHS indemnity schemes, which are administered
by the NHS Litigation Authority (NHS LA) on behalf of the Secretary of State. However,
the vast majority of litigation claims against the NHS are handled by the NHS LA,
and costs met from its schemes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table
shows the payments paid out by the NHS LA in settlement of clinical negligence claims
both in absolute terms and as a percentage of the Department’s total departmental
expenditure limit (TDEL) in each of the last ten years for which data are available.</p><p>
</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Payments made by NHS LA in respect of clinical
negligence claims against the NHS:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Total Payments</p><p>£'000</p></td><td><p>(TDEL)
Outturn</p><p>£’000</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p><p> </p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td
rowspan="2"><p>2004-05</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>502,893</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>69,000,000</p></td><td
rowspan="2"><p>0.7%</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2005-06</p></td><td
rowspan="2"><p>560,308</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>76,000,000</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>0.7%</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2006-07</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>579,390</p></td><td
rowspan="2"><p>81,000,000</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>0.7%</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2007-08</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>633,325</p></td><td
rowspan="2"><p>84,000,000</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>0.8%</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2008-09</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>769,226</p></td><td
rowspan="2"><p>91,000,000</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>0.8%</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>786,991</p></td><td><p>98,000,000</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>863,398</p></td><td><p>100,000,000</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,277,372</p></td><td><p>103,000,000</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,258,880</p></td><td><p>105,000,000</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,192,538</p></td><td><p>110,000,000</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td><td>
</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>
</p><p><em>Note:</em></p><p> </p><p>1. Numbers taken from the Department’s Annual
Report and Accounts</p><p> </p><p>2. During the Spending Review 2010 period (i.e.
2011-12 to 2014-15), there have been two significant Machinery of Government changes
to transfer functions and spending from DH to the Department for Communities and Local
Government. These changes were only backdated to 2007-08 and therefore the TDEL figures
for financial years before this date are not directly comparable.</p><p> </p><p><strong>
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