§ Mr. John Evansasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many people, who qualified by occupation, have been refused benefits under the occupational deafness scheme; and if she will give the figures on a regional basis;
(2) how many people have applied for benefit under the occupational deafness scheme and have been rejected because they were not in the correct category of occupation; and if she will give the figures on a regional basis;
(3) how many shipbuilding and ship repairing workers in the United Kingdom have been refused benefits under the occupational deafness scheme because they were not in the defined occupations;
Failed on occupational tests Failed on medical tests Awaiting medical examination Awarded benefit Northern … 263 32 112 80 Yorkshire and Humberside … 68 12 31 32 East Midlands and East Anglia … 49 1 7 9 London North … 10 1 1 4 London South … 5 4 9 0 London West … 19 1 10 5 South West … 34 44 28 22 Wales … 24 0 4 0 West Midlands … 209 32 220 123 North West (Manchester) … 49 5 3 6 North West (Merseyside) … 39 17 20 23 Scotland … 100 40 70 50 TOTALS … 869 189 515 354