§ 57 and 58. Mr. T. Brownasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance (1) to state, in tabular form, the number of claims made, the number of claims allowed, and the number of claims disallowed for disablement benefit; the number of claims made for death benefits, the number disallowed, the number allowed and the amount of money paid out to each class of case during the period from 10th March, 1952, up to and including 30th June, 1955, under the Pneumoconiosis and Byssinosis Scheme which came into operation on 10th March, 1952, and the total amount of benefits paid out;
(2) to state the number of claims made, the number of claims allowed, and the number of claims disallowed under the Pneumoconiosis and Byssinosis Scheme, 1954, which became operative on 8th November, 1954, up to and including 30th June, 1955, and the total amount of benefits paid out.
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§ Mr. PeakeThe figures are as follows:
PNEUMOCONIOSIS AND BYSSINOSIS BENEFIT SCHEME NUMBER OF CLAIMS ANALYSED BY RESULT DISABLEMENT CLAIMS Up to 7th November, 1954, when the Scheme was extended to include cases of partial disablement, 11,361 claims to disablement allowance were made; as a result 3,808 awards had been made, 7,006 claims had been disallowed and 547 claims were outstanding on 7th November, 1954. The figures for each year were: — 1952 (from 10th March) 1953 1954 (up to 7th November) Total Claims received 5,586 (a) 3,587 2,188 11,361 (a) Claims allowed 2,179 (a) 1,148 481 3,808 (a) Claims disallowed 2,153 2,850 2,003 7,006 Claims outstanding at end of period 1,254 843 547 547 (a) Includes 803 existing beneficiaries taken over from the former benefit schemes.
Between 8th November, 1954, and 2nd July, 1955, 8,076 claims were made on top of the 547 claims which were outstanding on 8th November. As a result of these 8,623 claims, 3,239 awards had been made for partial disablement and 270 for total disablement; 3,343 claims had been disallowed and 1,771 claims were outstanding on 2nd July.
DEATH CLAIMS — 1952 (from 10th March) 1953 1954 1955 (up to 2nd July) Total Claims received 860 582 587 473 2,502 Claims allowed 458 399 367 195 1,419 Claims disallowed 237 239 230 176 882 Claims outstanding at end of period 165 109 99 201 201
AMOUNTS PAID TO THE LATEST AVAILABLE DATE Class of case 10th March, 1952 to 31st March, 1952 Financial year 1952–53 Financial year 1953–54 Period 10th March, 1952 to 31st March, 1954 £ £ £ £ Disablement allowance … 5,000 275,034 300,364 580,398 Death benefit … — 114,966 94,636 209,602 Total … 5,000 390,000 395,000 790,000