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Dear Martin Cutler,

Request pursuant to Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request No.20041

I refer to your enquiry for information held by the Council. On behalf of
the Council I apologise for the delay on delivering this information and
for any inconvenience caused.

Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, the authority must
state whether or not the information exists and I confirm that we do hold
the information you requested.

Please see the information we hold below, the first table shows the amount
of pothole claims received within 2022/2023. The second table shows amount
of claims that have been closed with payments as we are unable to tell
whether claims have been successful/unsuccessful.

Amount of pothole claims
received within 2022 - 2023
       
    Values  
Count
of Sum of
TYPE CLAIM Paid
Year DESCRIPTION NUMBER Damages
Highways -
Vehicle
2022 (Pothole) 55 £275.80
Not
Otherwise
  Classified 1 £0.00
Vehicle
  Accident 4 £0.00
2022
Total   60 £275.80
Highways -
Vehicle
2023 (Pothole) 19 £0.00
2023
Total   19 £0.00
Grand
Total   79 £275.80
       
       
       
       
       
    Values  
Count
of Sum of
TYPE CLAIM Paid
Year DESCRIPTION NUMBER Damages
Highways -
Vehicle
2022 (Pothole) 1 £153.80
2022
Total   1 £153.80
Grand
Total   1 £153.80

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Yours sincerely,

Freedom of Information

Bedford Borough Council

Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street

Bedford, MK42 9AP

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