Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many clinical negligence cases brought against the NHS in England were funded by (1) a conditional fee agreement, (2) legal aid, or (3) by some other form of funding, in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

The following table shows the number of cases notified through NHS Resolution’s clinical negligence indemnity schemes in each year since 2017/18, by funding arrangement. This excludes cases under the Existing Liabilities Scheme for General Practice, which addresses inherited liabilities.