Written Question · S1W-15905 · Session 1
Whether it will collect information on the cost to the NHSiS and local authorities in each of the last three years, in legal costs and comp…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will collect information on the cost to the NHSiS and local authorities in each of the last three years, in legal costs and compensation payments, of pedestrians falling because of defective pavements, and whether it will ensure that local authorities give the maintenance of pavements a higher priority.
The answer
The priority given to the maintenance of pavements, and the amount of any legal costs or compensation payments arising from defective pavements are properly matters for local authorities themselves. No such costs have had to be met by NHSScotland.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-15905 by reference.