§ Mr. WoodwardTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many compensation claims by former miners living in(a) St. Helens, South and (b) St. Helens metropolitan authority (i) have yet to be settled and (ii) have been paid their final sum. [28698]
§ Ms Hewitt[pursuant to the reply 22 January 2002, Official Report, c. 742W]: The information I gave regarding the number of settled claims for respiratory disease in St. Helens, South was unfortunately incorrect.
The correct figure should be 69.