HC Deb 30 November 1976 vol 921 c101W
49. Mrs. Wise

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the annual cost of benefits incurred on account of industrial accidents and industrial diseases.

Mr. Orme

Expenditure on industrial injuries benefits in the financial year April 1975 to March 1976 was £211 million made up as follows

£ million
Injury benefit … … 39
Disablement benefits … … 145
Death benefit … … 23
Other benefits … … 4

Mrs. Wise

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many working days were lost in 1975 due to industrial accidents and industrial diseases.

Mr. Orme

From 3rd June 1974 to 31st May 1975, the latest period for which figures are available, there were 15.3 million days of certified incapacity, resulting from industrial accidents and prescribed diseases, for which injury benefit was paid.