Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total cost to the NHS of insurance premiums for clinical negligence; which Foundation Trust pays the highest amount as a percentage of its budget; and what percentage of its budget that cost represents.

The question has been interpreted to mean contributions to the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) which provides indemnity for National Health Service bodies. These are not insurance premiums.

The total cost for 2014-15, which is the last available published figure, is £1,037,742,810.

The information as to which NHS Foundation Trust pays the highest amount as a percentage of its budget is not held centrally.