Report Summary
This report provides members of the Legal Committee with an overview of Claims Handling – Statistical Information.
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Meeting
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Legal Committee - 12 August 2025
Date : 12 August 2025
Location : Online
Claims Settled in Quarter 1 2025-26
The following tables are intended to represent the different type of claim settled or paid following judgement by Police Scotland. The tables provide the total settlement figures under said headings and an average settlement figure. The settlements are broken down into Employer’s Liability cases, Employment Tribunal (ET) cases, Public Liability cases and Motor Liability cases. The Committee asked at its meeting in March 2021 that a table be added to the report to show the settlement figures as a percentage of the settlement figures within the current financial year. That figure is now provided within the Tables.
In Quarter 1 of the financial year 2025-26, of the 80 claims settled by Police Scotland; 62 claims were motor related, 3 were employer liability matters, 3 were ET matters, and 12 related to public liability.
At its meeting in March 2025, the Committee asked for data on settlements to be represented in graphical form so that any spikes in settlements, or trends might be identified more readily. The graph produced here provides data for the last twelve financial Quarters beginning with Quarter 1 of the 2022/23 financial year.
The Committee asked to be provided with historical figures for the settlement of cases within the 3 categories. Those are represented in the Table at Appendix 1.
