§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total number of claims for industrial injury and disability benefit, respectively, received from fishermen in the past 12 months.
§ Mr. OrmeI regret that information is not available in the form requested. I can, however, tell my hon. Friend that, as regards industrial injury benefit, fishermen suffered 1,200 spells of incapacity in the period June 1974 to May 1975 while on 30th September 1975 the total number of industrial disablement pensions current for all years of commencement was 500. These are the latest figures available.