Compensation payouts due to poor condition of roads in 2017

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Dear Kent County Council,

Please kindly provide us with details of compensation payments to motorists due to damage caused to their vehicles due to poor condition of roads (potholes, etc.) during 2017.

1: Total claims for compensation your council received.
2: Total claims your council paid out compensation for.
3: Highest single amount your council paid out in compensation.
4: Lowest single amount your council paid out in compensation.
5: Average single amount your council paid out in compensation.
6: Total compensation your council paid out during the year.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Amanda Hart

 

Information request
Our reference: 1205633

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Dear Ms Hart
 
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Kent County Council

Dear Ms Hart

 

Thank you for your request for information made under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) 2000, relating to Compensation Payments in 2017. I
am pleased to provide the response below:

 

 1. 642 to date
 2. 59 to date
 3. £567.89 to date
 4. £24.00 to date
 5. £127.30 to date
 6. £7,509.22 to date

 

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with legislation, please ask for a review by following our complaints
process; details can be found at this link
[1]http://www.kent.gov.uk/about-the-council...
on our website. Please quote reference 1205633.

 

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Yours sincerely

 

Kirsty-Leigh Robertson| Information Access Officer  | Information
Resilience & Transparency Team | Room 2.87, Sessions House, Maidstone |
Tel 03000 418301 | Fax 03000 420303 |
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