§ Mr. Warbeyasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many persons, whose normal employment was underground work in coalmines, received initial assessments of disablement from pneumoconiosis at the rate of 20 per cent., or less, during each quarter from January, 1953, to September, 1954; and how many of these have continued to work underground since the issue of a certificate.
§ Mr. MarplesI regret we have no separate figures for underground workers in the coalmining industry.
§ Mr. Warbeyasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many claimants from the coalmining industry were examined by pneumoconiosis medical panels in all areas, and in each area separately, during 1951, 1952 and 1953 and the first six months of 1954.
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§ Mr. MarplesThe information is as follows:
NATIONAL INSURANCE (INDUSTRIAL INJURIES) ACTS PNEUMOCONIOSIS MEDICAL PANELS: FIRST EXAMINATIONS OF CLAIMANTS FROM THE COAL-MINING INDUSTRY Panels 1951 1952 1953 January to June, 1954 Cardiff … … … 1,832 1,324 1,346 620 Swansea … … … 328 302 244 121 Stoke-on-Trent … … … 480 496 778 371 Sheffield … … … 539 777 1,035 496 Edinburgh … … … 673 577 1,058 620 Manchester … … … 904 320 602 373 Newcastle (separated from Manchester in October, 1951) … … … 123 609 803 468 London … … … 170 275 117 25 Bristol (separated from London in October, 1953) … … … — — 49 51 5,049 4,680 6,032 3,145 The figures do not include examinations following a second or subsequent claim. These numbered 515 in 1951; 612 in 1952; 742 in 1953; and 553 in 1954 (January to June).