§ Mr. Wyn Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons were in receipt of industrial disablement pensions in respect of pneumoconiosis on 3rd May 1978 at the following offices of his Department: Holyhead, Llangefni, Caernarvon, Portmadoc, Golgelly and Llanrwst; how many persons on 3rd May 1978 were in receipt of disablement pensions at the said offices resulting from the loss of faculty in respect of pneumoconiosis assessed at the following percentages: 10 per cent., 20 per cent., 30 per cent., 40 per cent., 50 per cent., 60 per cent., 70 per cent., 80 per cent., 90 per cent. and 100 per cent.; how many persons suffering from pneumoconiosis are in receipt of a special hardship allowance under the Social Security Act 1975; how many persons suffering from pneumoconiosis were in receipt of retirement pensions; and how many widows were in receipt of a widow's industrial pension in respect of the death of their husbands from pneumoconiosis at the same offices of the department on the same date.
§ Mr. OrmeI regret that the information is not available in the form requested in relation to the named offices and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost, but it may be helpful to the hon. Member to know that at 30th September 1976—the latest date for which statistics are available-10,750 people in Wales were receiving industrial disablement benefit on account of pneumoconiosis; and that the same date, in the whole of Great Britain, 17,960 awards of special hardship allowance were in payment to people receiving disablement pensions for pneumoconiosis, and 18,350 men aged 65 or over were receiving industrial disablement pensions for the disease.