§ Mr. Buchanasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will list the numbers, by cause of death, of those receiving benefits under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 awarded by the Glasgow pneumoconiosis medical board ;
(2) if he will publish the following figures for awards made under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 by the Glasgow pneumonoconiosis medical board (a) the number of applications, (b) the number of successful applications, and (c) the number of applications successful on appeal for the following diseases, (i) asbestosis, (ii) lung cancer, (iii) byssinosis, and (iv) mesothelioma.
§ Mr. MayhewEntitlement to payments under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 is determined, and payments under the Act made, by the Secretary of State for Employment. Separate statistics for234W Scotland are not available, but it is thought that payments have so far been made to five disabled persons who live, and appear to have contracted pneumoconiosis in Scotland and are likely to have been diagnosed as suffering from it by the Glasgow pneumoconiosis medical board. None of these suffers from any of the diseases named. No payments have so far been made to dependants of such disabled persons who have died. No applications for reconsideration of a determination that a payment should not be made in such a case have been successful.