Armed Forces: Hearing Impairment

(asked on 5th February 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to provide the costs of Hearing Loss Claims in last 5 years to the MOD, including damages, costs and costs per case.


Answered by
Louise Sandher-Jones Portrait
Louise Sandher-Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 10th February 2026

Statistics on the number of common law compensation claims and financial settlements including Noise-Induced Hearing Loss are published annually at the following link.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mod-compensation-claims-statistics

The next report will be published this summer, covering financial year 24-25, however it would be disproportionate to calculate the costs per case.

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