Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many third party motor claims were received by his Department in each year since 2019.

Claims received by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) are published annually in the MOD common law compensation claims statistics report. The latest version, covering financial year 2022-23, can be found at this link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-common-law-compensation-claims-statistics-202223/mod-common-law-compensation-claims-statistics-202223

UK Third party motor claims are shown as distinct category in Table 1, and listed below for ease of reference.

2018-19 - 1,034

2019-20 - 989

2020-21 - 578

2021-22 - 823

2022-23 - 904

In addition, a very small number of overseas third-party motor claims fall within the Public Liability Motor and Area Claims Offices categories of Table 1.