§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide details of(a) the total number of claims to date received for prescribed disease D12—coal miners' chronic bronchitis and emphysema—(b) the total number of awards for prescribed disease D12 to date and (c) the total number of refusals for prescribed disease D12 and the grounds for these disallowances.
§ Mr. ScottAs at 20 March 1994, about 38,700 claims had been received for the prescribed disease D12, chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Of the claims so far decided, about 2,600 have been awarded benefit, and about 18,400 have been disallowed. Most of those disallowed failed to satisfy the medical conditions, about 940 failed to satisfy the occupational prescription requirements and a very small number were already being fully compensated for the diseases in an award for pneumoconiosis—PD D1. All figures are based on a 100 per cent. count and are subject to amendment.