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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO.: 641
641 Dr D T George (DA) to ask the Minister of Justice and Constitutional
Development:
(1) How many claims were instituted against his department (a) in the (i)
2007-08, (ii) 2008-09, (iii) 2009-10, (iv) 2010-11 and (v) 2011-12
financial years and (b) during the period 1 April 2012 up to the latest
specified date for which information is available;
(2) in respect of each specified financial year, (a) what amount was
claimed, (b) how many claims were (i) finalised in court, (ii) settled out
of court and (iii) are still outstanding and (c) what amount has been paid
to each plaintiff in each case that was (i) finalised in court and (ii)
settled out of court? NW800E
REPLY:- I wish to inform the Honourable Member, that the claims instituted
against my Department are tabulated in the table below. However, due to the
volumes of cases, it is not possible to provide each claim and each
settlement in a Parliamentary question. Therefore, the Department has
aggregated information.
YEAR |TOTAL NUMBER OF CLAIMS |TOTAL AMOUNT CLAIMED |CLAIMS FINALISED IN
COURT |CLAIMS SETTLED OUT OF COURT |CLAIMS OUTSTANDING |AMOUNT PAID | | | |
| | | |COURT ORDER |SETTLE
MENT | |2007-2008 |103 |R2,464,374,000-00 |* |* |372 |R1,388,919-98 |
|2008-2009 |89 |R661,467,000-00 |* |* |330 |R3,374,592-00 | |2009-2010
|155 |R440,369,000-00 |* |* |392 |R1,417,829-38 | |2010-2011 |134
|R227,790,000-00 |* |* |438 |R722,996-83 | |2011-2012 |216
|R1,609,727,000-00 |* |* |661 |R1,034,088-70 |R1,893,386-60 | |2012-2013
(Include information until 28 March 2013) |250 |R1,049,235,975-72 |8 |5
|855 |R453,824-68 |R620,733-20 | |*The information requested
is not readily available.