Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the 10 highest payments made by his Department were under property compensation cases brought against it over the last 12 months for which figures are available; which of the cases were (a) contested and (b) uncontested by his Department; and what the nature of each incident was.
Answer
The 10 highest compensation payments made against property damage claims in the last 12 months are as follows:
| £ | |
| Damage to charter aircraft | 352,872 |
| Damage to charter aircraft | 338,895 |
| Damage to locomotive | 145,832 |
| Injury to horses caused by low flying military aircraft | 39,987 |
| Injury to livestock plus damage to crops and fencing caused by low lying military aircraft | 38,936 |
| Damage to hangar roof caused by low flying military aircraft | 20,966 |
| Game birds lost due to low flying military aircraft | 19,551 |
| Dairy cows destroyed as a result of low flying military aircraft | 17,535 |
| Free range hens killed due to low flying military aircraft | 13,095 |
| Injury to horse caused by low flying military aircraft | 12,443 |