§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide(a) an estimate of the total number of claims expected for prescribed disease D12—coal miners' chronic bronchitis and emphysema—in each of the first three years following its prescription, (b) an estimate of the total number of awards expected for prescribed disease D12 in each of the first three years following its prescription and (c) an estimate of the total annual expenditure, pursuant to such awards over each of the three years in question.
§ Mr. ScottThe number of claims cannot be predicted with any certainty but operational plans have provided for 173W handling 80,000-90,000 claims in the first year following prescription. The estimated total annual benefit cost is £6 million, based on the assumption that around 9,000 benefit awards will be made, nearly all in the first year. The numbers of new claims and awards in second and subsequent years are expected to be small.
§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many industrial disablement claims for
Asbestos related diseases First examination and those re-examined where the diseases were not previousy diagnosed References Positive diagnosis D1 D3 D8 D9 Total D1 D3 D8 D9 Total 1991 Cardiff 68 72 26 57 223 32 67 5 22 126 Glasgow 227 65 32 32 356 68 58 9 22 157 London 105 192 38 73 408 49 180 6 18 253 Manchester 158 63 51 29 301 63 56 11 10 140 Newcastle 944 67 35 90 1,136 53 61 9 23 146 Sheffield 107 80 30 78 295 45 74 6 41 166 Stoke 25 26 17 23 91 14 20 4 8 46 Swansea 13 4 11 12 40 6 3 5 5 19 All Centres 1,647 569 240 394 2,850 330 519 55 149 1,053 1992 Cardiff 70 49 29 47 195 53 42 8 17 120 Glasgow 295 88 27 45 455 96 77 5 31 209 London 126 199 50 97 472 49 186 10 27 272 Manchester 181 81 55 44 361 46 70 11 5 132 Newcastle 205 59 21 65 430 42 55 8 24 129 Sheffield 102 93 35 74 304 43 87 3 41 174 Stoke 27 34 21 18 100 13 30 9 11 63 Swansea 26 6 5 11 48 12 4 — 4 20 All Centres 1,112 609 243 401 2,365 354 551 54 160 1,119 100 per cent. of cases examined by Medical Boarding Centres (Respiratory Diseases) but excluding cases boarded for reassessments and those disallowed prior to boarding. D1 = Pneumoconiosis D3 = Diffuse Mesothelioma D8 = Primary Carcinoma of the Lung D9 = Bilateral diffuse pleural thickening