Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist on 26 September (HL2123), how many of the 30 clinical negligence claims taken to trial in 2021/22 went to (1) the High Court, or (2) the County Courts.

Following our previous response, NHS Resolution has reviewed the 30 cases taken to trial. It has subsequently identified that one claim was incorrectly classified as having been taken to trial. NHS Resolution has confirmed that of the 29 clinical negligence claims taken to trial in 2021/22, nine were heard in the higher courts, including the High Court and 20 in the county courts.