§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons died in the last five years from pneumoconiosis or related diseases; and how many of these had previously been rejected by a medical board as suffering from pneumoconiosis or related diseases.
§ Mr. O'MalleyThe table below shows the latest five years for which information is available the number of industrial death benefit awards for deaths adjudged to be due to, or materially accelerated by pneumoconiosis.
1969 … … … … 870 1970 … … … … 939 1971 … … … … 776 1972 … … … … 879 1973 … … … … 773 I regret that the other information requested is not available.