§ Mr. Denis MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many MAP testing centres there are in the UK; where they are; on what dates they opened; how many examinations were carried out at each centre; and how many persons are waiting to be examined at each centre. [133985]
§ Mrs. LiddellAs at 8 October 2000 Healthcall Services Ltd., the company contracted to carry out the full Medical Assessment Process, has 26 centres operational (Mountain Ash being counted as a double centre because it has two sets of equipment). Healthcall will shortly be opening two further centres in South Wales, a centre in Wrexham, a centre in Stirling and a second set of equipment is to be installed in Barnsley, bringing the total to 30.
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Location Date opened Number of assessments Future booked appointments 1. Ayr End of April 163 25 2. Barnsley End of March 78 141 3. Bristol End of May 1— 4. Cannock End of April 25 59 5. Chesterfield End of February 79 93 6. Coventry End of January 47 36 7. Deal End of May 43 5 8. Durham End of March 87 241 9. Edinburgh End of March 166 55 10. Glasgow End of March 235 58 11. Huddersfield End of February 2— 11 12. Leeds End of May 47 25 13. Lochore End of January 207 102 14. Manchester End of February 30 19 15. Mansfield End of February 236 168 16. Mexborough End of February 103 111 17. Mountain Ash3 End of January 414 452 18. Newcastle End of January 83 183 19. Newport End of January 473 199 20. Nottingham End of January 132 109 21. Pontefract End of February 169 220 22. Sheffield End of January 147 62 23. Stoke End of April 37 54 24. Swansea End of January 364 313
Location Date opened Number of assessments Future booked appointments 25. Wigan End of June 10 28 Deceased 1150 209 Domiciliary 266 29 Total 4791 3021 1 Due to lack of claims the equipment was moved to Mountain Ash, when numbers increase new equipment is available to re-equip the centre at short notice 2 Centre is equipped and doctors are available. Awaiting claims documentation before appointments could start 3Two sets of equipment
§ Mr. Denis MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many claims in respect of chronic bronchitis and emphysema have been settled under the MAP process; what the names are of the firms dealing with these claims and the numbers of claims settled in each case; and what the average value is of these claims. [133987]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe Department is not yet able to make full and final offers in most cases as some elements of compensation (for example pension loss) have still to be agreed with the miners' solicitors. However, interim payments are made on all other heads of damages. So far we have processed over 1,300 claims post Medical Assessment Process (MAP). Half of these resulted in interim offers of compensation. The average value of accepted offer is just under £3,500.
Under the handling agreement signed by the DTI and the claimants' solicitors the breakdown of post MAP interior offers is: Solicitors Name Offers Made Offers Accepted Ashton Morton Slack Solicitors 2 1 Attey Dibb and Clegg 2 2 Barnetts 1 1 Browell Smith and Co. 2 0 Davis Blank Furniss 1 1 Donald Race and Newton 1 1 Foy and Co. 1 0 Furley Page Fielding and Barton 2 0 Graysons Solicitors 8 6 Hopkins 17 13 Hugh James Ford Simey 192 180 Keeble Hawson Moorhouse 14 12 Latham and Co. 1 0 Malcolm C. Foy and Co. 1 0 Meloy, Whittle Robinson 1 1 Moss Solicitors 5 2 Nelsons 1 0 Raleys Solicitors 3 3 T. S. Edwards and Son Solicitors 15 11 Thomas and Co. Solicitors 4 2 Thompson and Co. 1 1 Thompsons Solicitors 80 61 Towells Solicitors 1 0 Union of Democratic Mineworkers 320 280 Total 676 578
§ Mr. Denis MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many offers of compensation for chronic bronchitis and emphysema have been made under the expedited process; how many offers have been accepted; what the names are of the solicitors or organisations dealing with these claims; and what the average value is of these claims. [133986]
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§ Mrs. LiddellThe Department announced in September that it would upgrade the levels of expedited offers (going up from previous maxim of £4,750 to £14,500 depending on loss of lung function). 5,500 revised offers totalling £21.4 million went out last week. This will considerably raise the average offer to date.
Under the Handling Agreement signed by the DTI and the claimants' solicitors the breakdown of expedited offers is:
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Solicitors name Offers made Offers accepted Abenson and Co. 1 0 Accident and Injury Claims Centre 5 1 Adam F. Greenhalgh and Co. Solicitors 1 1 Ashcroft and Co. Solicitors 1 1 Ashton Morton Slack Solicitors 4 4 Attey Dibb and Clegg 43 10 Barnetts 2 1 Beecham Peacock 2 2 Bell Wright and Dallman 1 0 Ben Hoare Bell and Co. Solicitors 7 0 Beresfords (incorporating R. A. Swift) 34 11 Berryman Shacklocks Solicitors 2 2 Bleasdale and Co. 1 0 Bridge Sanderson Munro 1 0 Browell Smith and Co. 835 43 Burton Green Williamson 1 1 Bury Walkers Solicitors 2 0 Can and Co. Solicitors 2 0 Chapman and Chubb 1 0 Coley and Tilley 1 0 Corries Solicitors 6 0 Davis Blank Furniss 1 0 Dean Thomas and Co. Solicitors 1 0 Donald Race and Newton 1 0 Douglas Jones Mercer Solicitors 4 0 Elliot Mather 6 4 Emsleys Solicitors 12 1 Endlar Quigley 1 0 Endlars Solicitors 7 3 Farleys 7 4 Foy and Co. Solicitors 7 2 Frank Allen Pennington Solicitors 11 3 Furley Page Fielding and Barton 110 18 Gabb and Co. 20 8 George Mills Solicitors 6 3 Gorman Hamilton Solicitors 60 16 Gorvin Smith Fort 8 6 Graysons 659 406 Gwilym Jones and Davies with Bryant and Co. 1 0 Hamers Solicitors 8 0 Hartley and Worstenholme Solicitors 1 0 Hickmotts Solicitors 15 6 Higgins and Co. Solicitors 1 1 Holyoak and Co. Solicitors 1 0 Hopkins 151 55 Hugh James Ford Simey 1139 285 Irwin Mitchell Solicitors 324 127 Ison Harrison 2 1 J. Keith Park and Co. Solicitors 22 14 Jackson Heath Solicitors 2 0 John E. Millar and Company Solicitors 3 2 John Y. Robertson 6 1 Jordans 2 0 Keeble Hawson Moorhouse 137 41 Kidd and Spoor Harper Solicitors 51 30 Kirk Jackson 1 1 Latham and Co. Solicitors 50 13 Lees and Partners 1 0 Leo Abse and Cohen 2 0 Mace and Jones 1 0 Malcolm C. Foy and Co. Solicitors 4 1 Mark Gilbert Morse 16 1 Marrons Solicitors 75 3 Mathie Lennox 1 0
Solicitors name Offers made Offers accepted Maurice Smith and Co. Solicitors 1 0 McArdles Solicitors 1 0 Meloy, Whittle Robinson Solicitors 15 0 Mills Kemp and Brown Solicitors 1 0 Mincoffs 6 1 Morgan Cole 32 4 Morison Bishop 18 10 Mortons Solicitors 28 7 Moss Solicitors 85 18 Moxon and Barker Solicitors 2 0 Needham Solicitors 1 1 Nelson and Co. Solicitors 10 5 O. H. Parsons and Partners Solicitors 243 80 Osborne Jones and Co. Solicitors 1 0 Oxley and Coward Solicitors 48 10 Park Hutchison Solicitors and Notaries 61 24 Peace and Co. Solicitors 1 0 Philip Morris Solicitors 1 0 Pickerings Solicitors 1 1 Plancey and Co. 14 11 R. L. Edwards and Partners Solicitors 1 0 Raleys Solicitors 1,166 347 Randalls 2 1 Randell Saunders Phillips and Lloyd 68 29 Richard J. Knaggs 8 3 Richmond Anderson Goudi 1 1 Richmonds 5 4 Robinson King Solicitors 9 1 Ross and Co. 11 10 Ross Harper Solicitors 1 1 Russell Jones and Walker 4 1 Saffmans Solicitors 27 14 Sedgwick Phelan and Partners 5 4 Shaw and Co. 98 7 Silverbeck Rymer Solicitors 19 7 Simpson Millar Solicitors 12 6 Southern Stewart and Walker 5 2 Stanton Croft Solicitors 47 38 Stephensons 1 0 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council 1 0 Stuart Bell and Associates 4 0 T. H. M. Tinsdills 0 T. H. Murray 1 0 T. S. Edwards and Son Solicitors 35 2 Taylor Bracewell Solicitors 3 1 The Beaumont Partnership 3 1 The Paul Rooney Partnership 1 0 The Smith Partnership 4 4 Thomas and Co. Solicitors 82 29 Thompson and Co. Solicitors 79 11 Thompson and Robinson Solicitors 2 1 Thompsons Solicitors 2,439 999 Tilly Bailey and Irvine Solicitors 3 1 Towells Solicitors 337 135 Treanors Solicitors 3 0 Twigg Farnell 2 1 Union of Democratic Mineworkers 362 90 W. Brook and Co. Solicitors 3 1 Wake Smith 15 2 Walker Cooke 1 1 Watson Burton Solicitors 405 193 Widdows Mason 1 0 Woollcombe Beer Watts 1 0 Total 9,739 3,253 The average expedited payment made is just over £2,400.