§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many awards of industrial disablement benefit and industrial death benefit have been made for mesothelioma by each of the pneumoconiosis medical panels in each of the years 1967 to 1980, respectively.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinAwards of benefit are made by the lay adjudicating authorities appointed under the Social Security Act, not by the pneumoconiosis panels. The table below, however, gives the latest available figures for mesothelioma cases diagnosed by pneumoconiosis medical boards in connection with claims for industrial disablement benefit.
For industrial death benefit awards, the position is still as set out in the reply my right hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Mr. Prentice), the former Minister for Social Security, gave to the hon. Member on 5 June 1980.—[Vol. 985, c. 829.]
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Panel 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 Manchester 1 2 4 4 1 — Newcastle 3 6 10 2 4 8 Sheffield 2 1 1 — 2 1 Stoke-on-Trent — — 1 — 1 1 Swansea — — — — 1 — All panels 13 15 21 11 12 23
Panel 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Cardiff 2 10 3 8 5 9 14 Glasgow 2 4 4 9 3 2 1 London 1 2 6 7 17 2 10 Manchester 1 3 17 14 7 15 14 Newcastle 6 4 9 10 20 14 13 Sheffield 2 1 6 2 7 3 11 Stoke-on-Trent 2 1 1 2 1 3 — Swansea — — 1 1 3 1 2 All panels 16 25 47 53 63 49 65