Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the source is of the statistic in her Department's press release entitled New crackdown on whiplash claims, published on 17 November 2016, that whiplash claims are 50 per cent higher than a decade ago; and if she will place those statistics in the Library.

A consultation paper was published on 17 November together with an impact assessment detailing the evidence behind the government’s proposals, available on GOV.UK.

The government’s new reform package will disincentivise exaggerated and fraudulent claims, making it less likely that insurers will face such claims. Where an insurer believes a claim to be exaggerated or fraudulent they should challenge it.