§ Mr. Maddenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people, whose mortality has been due to asbestosis, or related cancers, have died in each year since 1969.
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§ Mr. OrmeThe available information for Great Britain is as follows:
DEATH REGISTRATION Deaths assigned to asbestosis as underlying cause (ICD 515.2) INDUSTRIAL INJURIES SCHEME Deaths accepted as due to or materially accelerated by asbestosis✶ 1969 … 22 Not available 1970 … 30 Not available 1971 … 27 Not available 1972 … 32 Not available 1973 … 28 Not available 1974 … 25 71 1975 … 47 59 * This includes some deaths from lung cancer found in the presence of asbestosis.
DEATH REGISTRATION Deaths assigned to mesothelioma as underlying cause INDUSTRIAL INJURIES SCHEME Deaths accepted as due to or materially accelerated by mesothelioma (prescribed disease 44)* 1969 … 120 22 1970 … 169 18 1971 … 165 24 1972 … 187 22 1973 … 201 28 1974 … 196 41 1975 … 252† 72 * It is probable that some cases of mesothelioma are recorded as pneumoconiosis which would make these figures an underestimate. † Provisional.
§ Mr. Maddenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people have been awarded industrial disability benefit because of asbestosis by pneumoconiosis medical boards in each year since 1969; and how many have been approved on appeal to the Central Pneumoconiosis Panel although rejected by a board in the same period.
§ Mr. OrmeThe figures for the eight calendar years 1969–1976 were:
Cases of asbestosis diagnosed by pneumoconiosis medical boards Cases of asbestosis diagnosed by central pneumoconiosis medical boards 1969 … 134 1 1970 … 153 Nil 1971 … 145 1 1972 … 125 2 1973 … 143 1 1974 … 139 3 1975 … 161 5 1976 … 189 5