§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many awards of industrial death benefit were made in 1985 for (a) asbestosis, (b) diffuse mesothelioma, (c) lung cancer accompanied by asbestosis and (d) lung cancer without asbestosis;
(2) what percentage of deaths where the death certificate mentions mesothelioma result in awards of industrial death benefit.
§ Mr. MajorI shall let the hon. Member have replies as soon as possible.
Expenditure on Non National Health Service Staff (Agency etc.)—Typing and Secretarial Staff £'000 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 11985–86 Regions: Northern 38 19 26 30 35 63 Yorkshire 36 16 36 86 110 180 Trent 109 178 279 294 360 397 East Anglian 97 74 123 199 291 378 North West Thames 1,968 1,138 937 1,081 1,707 2,559 North East Thames 1,332 943 911 1,325 1,743 2,329 South East Thames 941 670 686 850 975 1,248 South West Thames 828 447 600 735 1,117 1,228 Wessex 89 120 204 293 322 417 Oxford 58 51 62 69 89 188 South Western 109 111 208 150 272 387 West Midlands 236 225 248 385 496 671 Mersey 5 7 22 32 25 67 North Western 165 144 187 107 137 235 Special Health Authorities for the London Postgraduate Teaching Hospitals 826 535 417 494 720 1,327 Total 6,837 4,678 4,946 6,130 8,399 11,674 1Figures for 1985–86 are provisional. Notes
1. The table does not include corresponding expenditure by special health authorities and other bodies providing central services for the National Health Service. This is not separately identified in the annual accounts of these bodies but is unlikely to have been significant given the relatively small scale of their total expenditure.
2. Figures for 1985–86 are not directly comparable with those for earlier years because of the separation of family practitioner committees from health authorities which took effect on 1 April 1985. The equivalent expenditure by family practitioner committees in 1985–86 amounted to £75,000 (provisional figure).