Please therefore kindly provide us with details of compensation payments for damage caused due to poor condition of roads (potholes, etc) by year from 2012 to 2015 inclusive.
1. Total claims for compensation your council received for year.
2012: 289
2013: 675
2014: 926
2015: 294
2016: 444
2017: 299
2. Total claims your council paid out compensation for year.
2012: 158
2013: 399
2014: 668
2015: 86
2016: 95
2017: 71
3. Highest single amount paid out in compensation for year.
4. Lowest single amount paid out in compensation for year.
In response to questions 3 and 4, to identify single compensation payments in individual years, given the available information which would identify possible injuries from road traffic injuries, would create a risk of identifying the individual concerned.
If the individual were identified, together with their compensation for their road traffic accident would be a disclosure of their personal information, as defined by the Data Protection Act 1998 and would be unfair to the individual concerned and therefore a breach of the first principle of data protection. This information is therefore exempt from disclosure pursuant to s.40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
5. Average amount paid out in compensation for year.
2012: £249
2013: £190
2014: £228
2015: £276
2016: £254
2017: £285
6. Total compensation paid out for year.
2012: £39,293
2013: £75,924
2014: £152,376
2015: £23,770
2016: £24,084
2017: £20,228