26 February 2020
Blaize McCabe
[FYI request #12145 email]
Tēnā koe Blaize
Your Official Information Act request, reference: GOV-003602
Thank you for your email of 3 February 2020, asking for the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
Please provide information regarding the total cost of injuries covered by ACC that occurred on
School Campuses (Primary, Intermediate, Highschool, and University), as wel as on school related
activities (School Camp, Trips etc)
Information about school injury costs
The information you have requested is provided in the attached appendix. When using this data please
refer to the comments about our claims data below, as well as the notes in the appendix.
How we have collated claims information for your request
The attached information about ‘injuries that occurred at school’ (Tables 1 – 3) is based on claims where
the scene of the accident has been recorded as ‘School’. We have separated this data into age groups
which broadly represent different school levels (5 - 10 years old for primary school, 11 – 12 for
intermediate, and 13 – 18 for high school).
The information we can provide you about injuries for school related activities (school trips and camps)
or universities (including polytechnics) is based on key word searches from the accident description field
in claim application forms. This is a free-text field which is completed by the client’s treatment provider
and is not mandatory to complete. The level of detail provided in these descriptions can vary from claim
to claim. Noting these points, we do not consider that this information is robust, and should be
considered as indicative only.
Privacy
ACC does not routinely disclose claim figures below four. Accordingly, we have used the value <4 where
the actual count is between one and three, and ‘<$100’ for any spend less than $100. These measures
have been taken to ensure that individual claims cannot be identified in the information we release. This
decision is made under section 9(2)(a) of the Act. We consider that the public interest in the specific
figures does not outweigh the privacy interests of the Individuals.
Queries about this response
If you have any questions, you can email me at
[email address].If you are not happy
with this decision, you have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman. Information about how
to do this is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Sasha Wood
Acting Manager Official Information Act Services
Government Engagement & Support
GOV-003602
Appendix
Injuries at school (Tables 1 – 3)
Definitions
New claims - all claims that were accepted for cover in the relevant year.
Active claims - all claims which generated an ACC payment in the relevant Calendar year. This includes
any new or older claim, which received an ACC payment. A claim may be active over many periods, and
therefore appear more than once in the data.
Table 1: Number of new claims for injuries that occurred at school, by age of client
Age Group
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Under 5 years
6,688
7,007
7,491
8,057
8,920
5 - 10 years
32,832
35,111
36,263
35,692
37,095
11 - 12 years
15,905
16,624
17,013
16,404
17,788
13 - 18 years
34,646
34,987
34,052
32,455
32,803
19+ years
7,575
7,751
8,012
7,552
7,829
Table 2: Number of active claims for injuries that occurred at school, by age of client
Age Group
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Under 5 years
5,905
6,230
6,563
7,128
7,846
5 - 10 years
32,437
34,744
35,889
35,686
37,022
11 - 12 years
15,887
16,617
17,136
16,634
17,810
13 - 18 years
35,632
35,668
34,873
33,633
33,938
19+ years
9,335
9,262
9,547
9,164
9,493
Table 3: Cost of active claims for injuries that occurred at school, by age of client
Age Group
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Under 5 years
$1,110,908
$1,210,807
$1,508,567
$1,791,503
$1,830,489
5 - 10 years
$7,370,397
$8,516,079
$9,188,545
$9,030,482
$9,944,795
11 - 12 years
$4,258,345
$4,483,609
$4,936,092
$4,925,282
$5,395,696
13 - 18 years
$11,961,680
$11,693,201
$12,395,738
$13,814,918
$14,249,584
19+ years
$9,467,417
$9,472,006
$10,078,797
$10,274,136
$10,665,895
Injuries on school trips and camps (Tables 4 – 6)
Table 4: Number of new claims for school related injuries, by scene and age of client
Age Group
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Under 5 years
7
6
7
6
13
5 - 10 years
133
144
149
150
160
11 - 12 years
126
156
139
146
139
13 - 18 years
207
148
193
188
183
19+ years
155
151
174
154
153
Table 5: Number of active claims for school related injuries, by scene and age of client
Age Group
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Under 5 years
5
6
7
5
9
5 - 10 years
123
142
147
152
159
11 - 12 years
122
133
126
146
140
13 - 18 years
192
169
195
203
212
19+ years
187
188
198
191
198
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Table 6: Cost of active claims for school related injuries, by scene and age of client
Age Group
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Under 5 years
$466
$562
$1,412
$653
$1,517
5 - 10 years
$27,568
$39,228
$31,959
$56,392
$39,787
11 - 12 years
$39,139
$47,069
$36,780
$50,225
$35,076
13 - 18 years
$452,220
$397,568
$381,399
$236,354
$244,189
19+ years
$198,265
$219,400
$225,965
$206,894
$173,773
Injuries at Universities and polytechnics (Tables 7 – 9)
Table 7: Number of new claims for university related injuries, by scene and age of client
Age Group
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Under 13 years
4
<4
<4
<4
5
13 - 18 years
29
36
28
24
37
19+ years
159
204
159
170
157
Table 8: Number of active claims for university related injuries, by scene and age of client
Age Group
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Under 13 years
<4
4
4
<4
5
13 - 18 years
26
38
27
24
39
19+ years
183
220
191
217
203
Table 9: Cost of active claims for university related injuries, by scene and age of client
Age Group
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Under 13 years
$853
$1,699
$623
<$100
$2,598
13 - 18 years
$8,944
$7,996
$6,959
$3,263
$19,532
19+ years
$64,168
$141,307
$150,577
$162,892
$184,190
Notes
• The data is based on the calendar year in which the claim was registered (Tables 1, 4 and 7), or a
payment was made on the claims (Tables 2-3, 5-6 and 8-9).
• The claims were accepted by ACC for cover.
• Accredited employer claims have been excluded.
• Costs do not include acute treatment provided by public hospitals. Those costs are bulk-funded
by ACC, and the costs are not attributable to individual claims.
• Costs do not include GST.
• The data was extracted on 11 February 2020 and may differ if rerun at a later date.
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