§ 43. Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what research projects covering industrial diseases are currently being sponsored or financially supported by his Department.
§ Mr. OrmeResearch into industrial diseases is chiefly the concern of the Health and Safety Executive and the Employment Medical Advisory Service, which are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment. My Department is, however, giving financial support to work involving the storage on a computer of data on industrial noise levels. This will provide a useful tool for planning the hoped for extension of the scheme for the payment of industrial injuries benefit for occupational deafness, and may also prove to have a wider application to the field of industrial deafness and its prevention.