HC Deb 07 December 1966 vol 737 cc322-3W
Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Minister of Social Security how many widows or dependants of miners who had been certified as suffering from pneumoconiosis who died in the period 1945 to 1966 received industrial diseases benefit; and how many did not.

Mr. Harold Davies

I regret that information is not available in the form requested. However, our record show that awards of death benefit under the Industrial Injuries Acts were made for some 6,450 deaths from pneumoconiosis among coalminers in the period from 1950 to 1965 inclusive. In addition, about 3,500 deaths among coalminers attracted benefit under the Pneumoconiosis and Byssinosis Benefit Scheme in the period from 1953. No statistics are available about the number of cases in which an award was made under the Workmen's Compensation Acts or about the number of deaths which did not attract death benefit.