§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many persons were found within North Staffordshire to be suffering from pneumoconiosis during 1958, 1959, 1960, 206W 1961, and 1962, respectively; how many received benefits; and how many sufferers from this disease died during these years.
§ Lieut.-Commander MaydonThe numbers of claimants for whom pneumoconiosis was diagnosed for the first time by the Stoke-on-Trent Panel (which covers an area somewhat greater than North Staffordshire) were as follows—
1959 … … … 223 1960 … … … 148 1961 … … … 204 1962 … … … 202 The figure for 1958 is omitted because it is not comparable. Statistics of persons in receipt of benefit for the disease, and of beneficiaries who die, are not available for particular areas.
§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what is the average amount of benefits, including all allowances, paid to those in North Staffordshire who suffer from pneumoconiosis; and what is the average amount paid to pottery workers and miners, respectively.
§ Lieut.-Commander MaydonI regret that this information is not available.