§ Mr. Joel Barnettasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many applications have been received for compensation under the Pneumoconiosis &c.(Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 for byssinosis; how many such claims have been approved; what is the total payable, and what is the lowest and highest payment to a beneficiary; how many claims are still under consideration; and how many have been rejected.
§ Mr. Waddington2,753 applications have been received from byssinosis sufferers and dependants. Payments have been made in 2,301 cases. The total
462WThe precise location of the courses within Essex depends on an assessment of need, to be determined in part by consultations with the Essex county careers service which are presently taking place.
In addition, the county of Essex will benefit from the expansion of the unified vocational preparation programme from 6,000 places nationally in 1981–82 to around 18,000 in 1982–83, which was also announced in the White Paper on the new training initiative.