HC Deb 05 March 1980 vol 980 c232W
Mr. Spearing

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the proportion of claimants refused disablement benefit by each of the pneumoconiosis medical panels in the United Kingdom in 1979; and if he will arrange for investigations concerning the cause of death of each person refused benefit.

Mr. Prentice

The information re-quested for 1979 is not yet available. The table below gives the figures for 1978:

have no plans to provide departmental funding for it.

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