MORE than £160,000 has been paid out in compensation to primary school children and staff in Nottingham since 2010, figures have revealed.
There have been a total of 57 claims in the past four years with payouts for falls, slipping on ice and what the council calls "defective premises" including old stumps in the ground, uneven paving slabs and electric gates not working and damaging cars.
The figures were supplied by Nottingham City Council under the Freedom of Information Act and show a total of £168,727.01 has been paid out.
This includes one incident when a pupil received £53,660.24 compensation for a fall at a school on October 25, 2010, another when a member of staff received £18,312 after being injured by a "faulty structure" on January 5, 2011 and a third where a staff member was paid £6,161.15 after making a claim for assault on September 17, 2010.
The bulk of the claims were made in 2010, when £120,169.31 was paid out, followed by 2011 when the sum was £46,275.20.
In the last two years, the total amount of payouts has been £2,282.50 over 16 claims.
The figures also showed that of the 57 claims, 37 had not been paid.
Details of the incidents or the schools involved have not been revealed by Nottingham City Council.
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