§ Mr. D. J. Williamsasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many claims for special hardship allowance under the Industrial Injuries Act were received from disabled miners in 1954; and how many of these claims were allowed.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI regret that statistics of total claims received are not kept, but during the twelve months ended 31st October, 1954—the latest date up to which information is available—about 17,500 awards of special hardship allowance were made to colliery workers.
§ Mr. D. J. Williamsasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many persons, at the last convenient date, were in receipt of the special hardship allowance under the Industrial Injuries Act; and how many of these were miners.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterIt is estimated that of the 66,000 special hardship allowances in payment at 31st October, 1954, about half related to colliery workers.