HC Deb 04 December 2003 vol 415 c122W
Mr. Barron

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total paid to date in compensation claims for(a)chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (b)Vibration White Finger of former coalminers is in (i) the Rother Valley constituency and (ii) the United Kingdom. [141536]

Nigel Griffiths

As of 31 October 2003 £10.4 million had been paid for respiratory disease claims and £16 million for Vibration White Finger claims in the Rother Valley constituency; and as of 23 November 2003 £913 million for respiratory disease claims and £983 million for Vibration White Finger in the United Kingdom.

Note

Constituency figures can be found on the DTI website: www.dti.gov.uk/coalhealth The information is complied in the middle of the month and shows the figures for the end of the previous month.

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