The Earl of Gosfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
The number of awards of industrial death benefit which have been made each year from 1974 to date for:
- (a) asbestosis
- (b) diffuse mesothelioma of pleura or peritoneum
- (c) lung cancer accompanied by asbestosis
- (d) lung cancer without asbestosis.
§ Lord TrefgarneThe following awards of industrial death benefit have been made on the basis that death resulted from (a) asbestosis and (b) mesothelioma:—
Industrial death benefit is not payable for lung cancer arising from exposure to asbestos as this is not a prescribed disease under the industrial injuries scheme. However, where a person suffering from asbestosis dies from lung cancer the death is regarded as a consequence of asbestosis and industrial death benefit is awarded. Information about the number of such cases is not held centrally and the cost of obtaining it would be disproportionately high.
Year of Death Asbestosis Mesothelioma 1974 75 41 1975 59 78 1976 67 94 1977 70 109 1978 41 109 1979 59 128 1980 59 108 1981 58 Not Available