§ Mr. ClaphamTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the total number of miners and former miners made an award for PD12D chronic bronchitis and emphysema, since September, broken down for each region. [1403]
§ Mr. Roger EvansI have been asked to reply.
The information is not available in the format requested. The available information is set out in the tables:
Total number of Pd 12D awards from October 1994 to September 1995 incluseive, analysed by benefits Agency Area Directorate Table 1 Southern England (by Benefits Agency Area Directorate) Awards AD1 Anglia Nil AD2 Chilterns Nil AD3 South London and West Sussex Nil AD4 West Country 3 AD5 East London and Essex 1 AD6 South East 1 AD7 Wessex Nil Total 5
Table 2 Wales and Central England Awards AD1 East Midlands 100 AD2 Midlands 1 AD3 West Mercia 21 AD4 Wales 147 AD5 Merseyside Nil AD6 Greater Manchester 1 AD7 Lancashire and Cumbria 12 Total 282
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Table 3 Scotland and Northern England Awards AD1 Tyne Tees 49 AD2 South Yorkshire and Humberside 65 AD3 North and West Yorkshire 26 AD4 Glasgow and Paisley Nil ADS North, Central and West Scotland 4 AD6 East Scotland 9 Total 153
Table 4 Awards Grand total 440 Note:
Includes 12 awards resulting from aggregation.
Source:
Benefits Agency central data unit 100 per cent. count, subject to amendment.
§ Mr. ClaphamTo ask the President of the Board of Trade of those miners and former miners rejected for an award under the PD12D regulations, how many were refused on grounds of(a) X-ray evidence, (b) FEV test and (c) employment period, broken down for each region. [1404]
§ Mr. EvansI have been asked to reply.
The available information is set out in the tables:
Claims for chronic bronchitis and emphysema (PD 12D) refused from October 1994 to September 1995, analysed by reason for refusal and by Benefits Agency Area Directorate Table 1 Southern England X-ray FEV1 20 year rule AD1 Anglia 2 Nil 2 AD2 Chilterns 1 Nil Nil AD3 South London and West Sussex Nil Nil Nil AD4 West Country 4 5 1 AD5 East London and Essex Nil 1 3 AD6 South East 9 20 7 AD7 Wessex Nil Nil Nil Total 16 26 13
Table 2 Wales and Central England X-ray FEV1 20 year rule AD1 East Midlands 169 188 24 AD2 Midlands and South West 6 3 4 AD3 West Mercia 57 68 18 AD4 Wales 287 424 71 AD5 Merseyside 12 13 10 AD6 Greater Manchester 1 3 3 AD7 Lancashire and Cumbria 30 48 14 Total 562 747 144
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Table 3 Scotland and Northern England X-ray FEV1 20 year rule AD 1 Tyne Tees 105 138 10 AD2 South Yorkshire and Humberside 191 202 21 AD3 North and West Yorkshire 48 89 12 AD4 Glasgow and Paisley 13 9 1 AD5 North. Central and West Scotland 13 30 9 AD6 East Scotland 44 25 3 Total 414 493 56
Table 4 X-ray FEV1 20 year rule Grand total 992 1,266 213 Source:
Benefits Agency central data unit. 100 per cent. count, subject to amendment.