§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Solicitor-General for Scotland, for each year since 1978 (a) how many industrial disease deaths resulted in sheriffs' inquiries and (b) how many claims for industrial disease death benefits were rejected by social security insurance offices where procurators fiscal had failed to direct autopsies to determine the cause of death.
The Solicitor-General for ScotlandI regret to have to advise the hon. Gentleman that the statistics requested are not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.