About the Compensation Recovery Unit
The Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU) works with insurance companies, solicitors and DWP customers, to recover:
- amounts of social security benefits paid as a result of an accident, injury or disease, where a compensation payment has been made. This is known as the Compensation Recovery Scheme.
- costs incurred by NHS hospitals for treatment of injuries from road traffic accidents. This is known as Recovery of NHS Charges.
Quick links
Compensation Recovery Unit e-service 
Updates
2008 Diffuse Mesothelioma Scheme
In March 2007 the Secretary of State announced proposals to provide compensation to all people suffering with Diffuse Mesothelioma where they were exposed to asbestos in the UK and do not currently qualify for help from the Government, for example those that are self employed and those people who may have washed the clothes of someone who worked with asbestos.
From 1 October 2008 a new scheme was introduced via the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008, which allows for the recovery of all lump sum payments made under the Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 and the 2008 Diffuse Mesothelioma Scheme.
Read about these important changes in the following documents:
Other important changes:
