Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Nadhim Zahawi and Shailesh Vara

Tuesday 11th November 2014 Commons Chamber

[Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon) (Con)]

T5. Last month saw the introduction of a fixed fee for whiplash injury reports, reducing the costs to insurers from several hundreds of pounds to just £180. Has the Minister made an assessment of the impact of this on spurious claims?

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Shailesh Vara)]

The introduction of fixed costs for medical reports is just one element, albeit an important one, in the Government’s whiplash reform programme. We have undertaken a detailed impact assessment of the programme, which we intend to publish very soon.