§ Mr. Cunliffeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish the results of examinations by pneumoconiosis medical panels of workers claiming industrial disablement benefit for byssinosis, in respect of each year from 1970 to the latest available date, showing the total number of workers making applications in each year, the number of applications where byssinosis was diagnosed and the numbers where byssinosis was not diagnosed.
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§ Mr. RossiInformation about the number of people who have claimed disablement benefit for byssinosis is not available. However, the following table shows the number of medical examinations carried out by the pneumoconiosis medical boards for each year since 1970 and the numbers for which the disease was, and was not diagnosed.
Year Number of examinations Disease diagnosed Disease not diagnosed 1970 259 110 149 1971 182 57 125 1972 166 48 118 1973 135 32 103 1974 300 126 174 1975 451 156 295 1976 337 102 235 1977 266 87 179 1978 246 78 168 1979 268 75 193 1980 598 148 450 1981 378 108 270