Pneumoconiosis and Byssinosis Benefit Scheme (Hansard, 29 October 1956)

§ 1956 Mr. T. Brown

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance (1) what, in tabular form, was the number of claims made, the number of claims allowed, and the number of claims disallowed for disablement benefits, the number of claims made for death benefits, the number of claims allowed, the number disallowed, the amount of money paid out to each case during the period from 10th March, 1952, up to and including 30th September, 1956, under the Pneumoconiosis and Byssinosis Scheme, which became operative on 10th March, 1952, and the total amounts of benefits paid out;

(2) what was the number of claims made, the number of claims allowed, the number of claims disallowed under the Pneumoconiosis and Byssinosis Scheme, 1954, which became operative on 105W 8th November, 1954, up to and including 30th September, 1956.

PNEUMOCONIOSIS AND BYSSINOSIS BENEFIT SCHEME

(1) NUMBER OF CLAIMS ANALYSED BY RESULT

Disablement Claims

Up to 7th November, 1954, when the Scheme was extended to include cases of partial disablement, 11,361 claims to disablement allowance were made; as a result 3,808 awards had been made, 7,006 claims had been disallowed and 547 claims were outstanding on 7th November, 1954. The figures for each year were :

—	1952 (from 10th March)	1953	1954 (up to 7th November)	Total
Claims received	…	…	…	5,586 (a)	3,587	2,188	11,361 (a)
Claims allowed	…	…	…	2,179 (a)	1,148	481	3,808 (a)
Claims disallowed	…	…	…	2,153	2,850	2,003	7,006
Claims outstanding at end of period	1,254	843	547
(a) Includes 803 existing beneficiaries taken over from the former benefit schemes.

Between 8th November, 1954, and 30th September, 1956, 13,424 claims were made on top of the 547 claims which were outstanding on 8th November, 1954. As a result of these 13,971 claims, 5,657 awards had been made for partial disablement and 707 for total disablement. 6,736 claims had been disallowed and 871 were outstanding on 30th September, 1956. The figures for each year were :

—	1954 (from 8th November)	1955	1956 (up to 30th September)	Total
Claims received	…	…	4,815 (b)	6,141	3,015	13,971 (b)
Claims allowed :
(i) total disablement	…	…	40	432	235	707
(ii) partial disablement	…	…	1,313	3,067	1,277	5,657
Claims disallowed	…	…	364	4,561	1,811	6,736
Claims outstanding at end of period	3,098	1,179	871	871
(b) Includes 547 claims outstanding on 8th November, 1954.

Death claims up to 30th September,

—	1952 (from 10th March)	1953	1954	1955	1956 (up to 30th September)	Total
Claims received	…	860	582	587	718	590	3,337
Claims allowed	…	458	399	367	394	363	1,981
Claims disallowed	…	237	239	230	299	239	1,244
Claims outstanding at end of period	…	165	109	99	124	112	112

(2) AMOUNTS PAID TO THE LATEST AVAILABLE DATE
Class of case	Period 10th March, 1952, to 31st March, 1952	Financial year 1952–53	Financial year 1953–54	Financial year 1954–55	Period 10th March, 1952, to 31st March, 1955
	£	£	£	£	£
Disablement Allowances	5,000	275,034	300,364	375,000	955,398
Death Benefit	…	…	—	114,966	94,636	86,645	296,247
Total	…	…	5,000	390,000	395,000	461,645	1,251,645

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