Property Damage and Personal Injury Compensation - Find a freedom of information request

1. In the last financial year (2019/20)

(a) how much money was paid as compensation for property damage and personal injury caused by potholes (please include legal expenses), and

(b) how many individual claims did this represent?

2. Please tell me the value of the biggest claim settled in 2019/20, and the location of the pothole that caused the incident. Please provide a brief description of the incident (e.g. cyclist fell off bike going over pothole and broke their leg). If possible, please break up the cost of the claim between compensation paid and legal expenses.

3. How many potholes did you repair in (a) 2018/19 and (b) 2019/20?

4. What was your budget spend on repairing potholes in (a) 2018/19 and (b) 2019/20?

5. Do you have a current estimate for the cost to your authority of repairing an average pothole? If so how much is this estimate?

6. Please provide me with any figure you have for the number of potholes that require repair as of the date of this e-mail, or nearest convenient date.

7.

(a) What was your budget for the repair of potholes in the 2020/21 financial year?

(b) Please provide me with a current estimate of how much over or under budget you expect to be at the end of the financial year in relation to your spend from your pothole repair budget for 2020/21?

1. A - £452,843.09 - paid out on claims where the incident date fell within 2019/20 financial year. Payments include LSL fees

B - 1995 - Claims where the incident date fell within financial year 2019/20

2. £6,813.63 - Personal Injury, claimant tripped in pothole. Settled. (cost includes LSL costs). High St, Deeping St James

3. In 2018/19 – '107,021' and in 2019/20 – '130,393'

4. We don't have a specific pot hole budget. The cost of repairing pot holes comes out of our highways maintenance budget that consists of many other types of maintenance work in addition to pot holes.

5. £27.33

6. Approximately 6228 (based on authorised jobs outstanding as of 06/04/2021)

7. N/a