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Numbers and values of closed obstetrics claims by year since 1995
NHSLA notification year	Number of claims	Damages paid (£)	Defence costs paid (£)	Claimant costs paid (£)	Total paid (£)
1995-96	20	5,417,067	203,938	369,449	5,990,454
1996-97	95	45,301,545	2,220,487	4,622,019	52,144,050
1997-98	120	33,496,440	2,228,494	3,762,454	39,487,387
1998-99	198	37,430,932	3,138,317	4,778,256	45,347,505
1999-2000	347	56,064,232	5,786,991	8,472,891	70,324,114
2000-01	419	68,584,013	6,524,745	8,169,565	83,278,323
2001-02	837	43,369,399	8,428,152	11,039,158	62,836,709
2002-03	828	31,478,208	5,492,940	10,327,096	47,298,243
2003-04	652	20,481,953	2,795,414	5,310,219	28,587,586
2004-05	561	11,067,514	1,915,640	3,873,399	16,856,553
2005-06	466	3,501,356	899,224	2,395,002	6,795,582
2006-07	304	1,604,464	239,987	967,494	2,811,944
2007-08 so far	70	125,198	10,126	96,790	232,114
Total	4,917	357,922,318	39,884,453	64,183,793	461,990,565

Numbers and values of all obstetrics claims by year since 1995
NHSLA notification year	Number of claims	Provision (£)	Damages paid (£)	Defence costs paid (£)	Claimant costs paid (£)	Total paid (£)
1995-96	21	65,910	5,677,067	259,654	465,449	6,402,171
1996-97	110	20,713,281	59,830,462	3,221,480	6,387,140	69,439,082
1997-98	158	69,061,487	70,387,514	5,535,259	8,286,022	84,208,795
1998-99	234	65,345,652	70,313,002	5,457,179	8,083,107	83,853,288
1999-2000	407	90,270,296	115,679,850	10,257,421	14,793,239	140,730,509
2000-01	496	111,124,415	105,587,407	11,098,841	12,693,796	129,380,044
2001-02	939	153,984,627	81,878,324	13,586,063	15,147,218	110,611,604
2002-03	923	156,242,842	61,188,881	9,735,264	14,126,204	85,050,349
2003-04	754	150,071,824	41,392,290	6,162,259	7,064,031	54,618,580
2004-05	702	112,589,541	22,534,950	4,594,995	5,514,536	32,644,481
2005-06	675	158,600,728	14,603,236	3,498,095	3,992,015	22,093,345
2006-07	590	140,322,361	4,468,022	1,748,162	1,711,580	7,927,764
2007-08 so far	438	122,591,874	518,817	319,823	233,952	1,072,593
Total	6,447	1,350,984,839	654,059,822	75,474,493	98,498,289	828,032,604
Notes: NHSLA Notification year relates to the year the claim was notified to the NHSLA, and not the year the incident occurred nor the year the claim was settled. Open claims include claims where damages have been agreed but final payments have not yet been paid. Provisions denote the likely amount that the NHSLA expects to pay on the claim, given current available data, should it be successful. Provisions are subject to change over time. Data shown is valid for the period up to 20 March 2008. Source: NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA).

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patient safety incidents relating to maternity services were reported to the National Patient Safety Agency in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [195750]

Ann Keen: The number of patient safety incidents relating to maternity services reported to the National Patient Safety Agency is shown in the following table:

Year reported	Frequency
2005	28,891
2006	50,608
2007	74,986

The increase in the number of incidents reported annually reflects the trend in all incident reporting. An increased number of reported incidents does not necessarily mean a higher number of incidents but may instead reflect greater levels of reporting.

Medicine: Overseas Students

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of medical graduates from overseas medical schools who applied for speciality training in 2007 had indefinite leave to remain. [196654]

Ann Keen: The available data allow applicants to be categorised as one of a limited number of categories, shown in the following table.

Breakdown of eligible modernising medical careers 2007 applicants (England)
	International Medical Graduates(IMGs)		United Kingdom Graduates (UKGs)		All applicants
	Number	Percentage of IMG total	Number	Percentage of UKG total	Number	Percentage of aggregate total
UK nationals	1,811	13	11,994	88	13,805	50
Other European economic area (EEA) nationals	1,545	11	389	3	1,934	7
Non-EEA nationals on highly skilled management programme	8,352	59	573	4	8,925	32
Other non-EEA nationals	2,517	18	668	5	3,185	11
Total	14,225	100	13,624	100	27,849	100
Note: Applicants are categorised as England applicants according to their first choice round 1 application.

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