Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on tackling the abuse of personal injury whiplash claims relating to incidents involving motor vehicles.

On 23 February 2017 we published details of reforms to disincentivise minor, exaggerated and fraudulent personal injury whiplash claims. The Government’s aim is to reduce the high number and cost of such claims.

Measures include a fixed tariff of compensation for whiplash claims with an injury duration of up to two years and a prohibition on offers to settle claims without medical evidence. These will be taken forward in the Prisons and Courts Bill

We will also, through secondary legislation, increase the small claims limit for road traffic accident related personal injury claims to £5,000 and increase the small claims limit for all other personal injury claims to £2,000.