Our Ref:         FOI-4813-1718

Thank you for your request received on 9 March 2018 asking for information about pothole compensation claims.
 
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we hold some of the information you require.
 
As previously advised we are unable to split the data by cyclist/motorist so all of the information relates to overall claims for all vehicle types.
 
You asked:
 
1.    How much money overall has been paid out by Transport for London in connection with compensation claims (whether or not liability was accepted) relating to potholes involving a/ cyclists and b/ motorists in each of the last five years?
2.    How many individual a/cyclists and b/motorists have received compensation as a result of claims relating to potholes in each of the last five years?
3.    What is Transport for London’s total expenditure on legal costs defending and settling claims, including both their own and the Claimants’ legal costs, for pothole related claims in each of the last five years?
 
YEAR TfL Legal Fees Third Party Legal Fees Total Paid No. of Compensation Payments
2013-14 42,568.96 142,954.23 554,021.44 186
2014-15 32,431.99 74,487.37 344,781.57 82
2015-16 24,741.48 15,133.85 130,181.72 51
2016-17 28,353.85 5,209.01 50,332.39 18
2017-18 1,900.00  3,722.47 2
Grand Total 129,996.28 237,784.46 1,083,039.59 339
 
Please note that the information above relates to the date the claim was made, not the year the claim was paid.
 
If this is not the information you are looking for please feel free to contact me.
 
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.

Yours sincerely

Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London

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