§ 5. Dr. Strossasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will state the number of cases that have made a first claim for suspected pneumoconiosis in England and Wales during the last accountable year; how many of these received a clinical examination as well as examination by X-ray; how many were judged to be suffering; how many were rejected; and, of the latter, how many appealed and were, after clinical examination, successful.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterDuring 1959, 14,258 persons in England and Wales were X-rayed following a claim in respect of pneumoconiosis under the Industrial Injuries Acts, and of these 6,107 were referred for a clinical examination, but not all of these were
INDUSTRIAL DISABLEMENT BENEFIT PERSONS SUFFERING FROM PNEUMOCONIOSIS — All assessments Disablement Pension Awards 10 per cent. 20 per cent. 30 per cent. 40 per cent. 50 per cent. 60 per cent. 70 per cent. 80 per cent. 90 per cent. 100 per cent. 1. Number with disablement pensions 43,040 16,570 10,860 6,155 3,185 2,080 1,095 685 480 50 1,880 2. Number with special hardship allowance (a) at all rates including the maximum 21,150 5,715 5,755 3,895 2,350 1,570 880 540 395 50 — (b) at the 34s. (maximum) rate* 19,345 19,345 — — — — * No breakdown of the numbers in receipt of the maximum rate of 34s. special hardship allowance by reference to the disablement assessment, is available.