§ Mr. Maddenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, how many people, in receipt of compensation awarded in respect of contracting asbestosis, have had claims for industrial disability benefit rejected by pneumoconiosis medical panels in the last five years: more than once, twice, three, four, five, six or seven times, respectively.
§ Mr. OrmeThe table below shows the number of cases of asbestos is diagnosed by a pneumoconiosis medical board when the disease had not been diagnosed at an earlier board.
TOTAL OF BOARDS, UP TO AND INCLUDING FIRST DIAGNOSIS SHOWN IN BRACKETS (2) (3) (4) (5) Total 1971 … … 8 2 — — 10 1972 … … 12 1 — — 13 1973 … … 9 1 2 1 13 1974 … … 8 4 2 2 16 1975 … … 16 6 1 1 24
§ Mr. Maddenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people 67W have died of asbestosis in each of the last five years; and how many people have died, over the same period, of cancers related to asbestos.
§ Mr. OrmeThe available information for Great Britain is shown below:
Death Registration Industrial Injuries Scheme Deaths assigned to asbestosis as underlying cause (IC.D.515.2) Deaths accepted as due to or materially accelerated by asbestosis* 1971 … … 27 Not available 1972 … … 32 Not available 1973 … … 28 Not available 1974 … … 25 71 1975† … … 46 55 * This includes some deaths from lung cancer found in the presence of asbestosis. † Provisional.
Death Registration Deaths assigned to mesothelioma as underlying cause Industrial Injuries Scheme Deaths accepted as due to or materially accelerated by mesothelioma (prescribed disease 44)* 1970 … … 169 21 1971 … … 165 22 1972 … … 187 20 1973 … … 201 28 1974 … … 196 26 1975 … … Not yet available Not yet available * It is probable that some cases of mesothelioma are recorded as pneumoconiosis which would make these figures an underestimate. † (provisional)