Compensation
(asked on 15th July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value is of compensation payouts issued by his Department on the grounds of (a) structural damage to private property and (b) loss of livestock in each year since 2010; and what the highest such payment in each case has been.
The amounts paid in the UK and abroad in regard to the two categories in question, including legal costs, were as follows:
Structural/Property damage | Amount paid | Highest payment |
2010-11 | £185,000 | £125,000 |
2011-12 | £42,000 | £6,000 |
2012-13 | £122,000 | £7,000 |
2013-14 | £202,000 | £15,000 |
| Loss of Livestock |
Amount paid | Highest payment |
2010-11 | £114,000 | £23,000 |
2011-12 | £443,000 | £23,000 |
2012-13 | £290,000 | £15,000 |
2013-14 | £521,000 | £15,000 |
These amounts do not include payments made by the Area Claims Office in Afghanistan, which are not recorded in a manner that can distinguish without incurring disproportionate cost between those claims relating to structural damage to private property and those relating to loss of livestock. The overall payments for damage to property, including legal costs, made over the periods in question in Afghanistan were as follows:
Amount paid | Highest payment | |
2010-11 | £1,200,000 | £143,000 |
2011-12 | £436,000 | £15,000 |
2012-13 | £677,000 | £9,000 |
2013-14 | £230,000 | £20,000 |