§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons have died from asbestosis contracted as a result of their occupations in each year since 1960.
§ Mr. DeanThe statistics available relate to cases for which death benefit for pneumoconiosis, which includes asbestosis, was awarded under the Industrial Injuries Act and the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme, and to cases certified for workmen's compensation purposes. The figures show separately the number of cases in the mining and quarrying and
At 30th September 1970 At 30th September 1971 Part-time staff Part-time staff Area Number of whole-time staff Number Whole-time equivalent Total whole-time equivalent Number of whole-time staff Number Whole-time equivalent Total whole-time equivalent East Suffolk — 926 260 260 — 987 219 219 Ipswich … — 235 89 89 — 272 85 85 England … 2,574 61,170 27,071 29,645 2,598 72,142 32,587 35,185 While these figures, which relate to numbers in employment on particular dates, show a decrease of 16 per cent. in East Suffolk between the two dates, compared with an increase of 19 per cent. in England as a whole, the numbers of hours worked, on a part-time basis, by home helps in East Suffolk rose by some 18 per cent. over this two-year period.