- 1a. In the last financial year (2021/22) (a) how much money was paid as compensation for property damage and personal injury caused by potholes (please include legal expenses)?
- £976,595
- 1b) How many individual claims did this represent?
- 191 claims
- 2. Please tell me the value of the biggest claim settled in 2021/22, and the location of the pothole that caused the incident. Please provide a brief description of the incident (e.g. cyclist fell off bike going over pothole and broke their leg). If possible, please break up the cost of the claim between compensation paid and legal expenses.
- We consider this information is exempt under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (Personal Data).
Devon County Council are not obliged to provide information that is the personal information of another person if releasing it would contravene any of the provisions in the Data Protection Act 2018.
In this instance we believe that the release of this information would contravene the first data protection principle and therefore Section 40(2) is applied.