§ 38. Miss Herbisonasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many persons in receipt of compensation at the full rate have been refused benefit under the Workmen's Compensation and Benefit (Supplementation) Act, 1956; and how many who were refused in the first instance have been granted benefit after appeal.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterUp to 31st December, 1956, 166 claims had been disallowed from persons receiving compensation for total incapacity. I am afraid the number of such cases in which the decision has been reversed on appeal is not separately maintained.
§ Miss HerbisonIs the Minister aware that those numbers who were turned down had every right to believe that, since they were in receipt of 100 per cent. compensation under the old compensation provisions, they would benefit under the 1956 Act and that there is much ill feeling, not only on the part of these men themselves, but by the unions that represent them?
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterThe hon. Lady will recall that we discussed the matter at length during the passage of the Bill and it was clear that the test for this supplementation was not identical with that of total compensation under workmen's compensation. The hon. Lady may be reassured to know that the obverse of the picture given in my main Answer is that 240 men who are "partials" for the purposes of workmen's compensation are receiving supplementation.