§ 11. Mr. Millanasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will state, as a percentage of average earnings, the unemployment benefit paid to a single adult male worker at April 1958, 1959 and 1960, respectively.
§ Mr. Boyd-Carpenter19.7 and 19.0 per cent. Information about earnings in April, 1960, is not yet available.
2Wexamined in that year. 7,650 pneumoconiosis claimants, in whom the condition had not been previously diagnosed, received clinical examinations during 1959; of these 3,522 were found to be disabled by the disease. Amongst those clinically examined were 481persons who had appealed against a disallowance based on a radiograph and of these 36 were found to be disabled by the disease.
§ 14. Mr. Wainwrightasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of cases, at the latest convenient date, of persons suffering from pneumoconiosis, indicating how many draw 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100 per cent. of disability allowance; and if he will also give the numbers in these categories who are receiving full hardship allowance.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterYes. The following is the Answer: