HC Deb 09 December 1983 vol 50 cc281-2W
Mr. Cyril Smith

asked the Secretary of State for Employment when he will publish the analyses of the survey carried out by the employment medical advisory service, in conjunction with the Health and Safety Executive, of some 34,000 asbestos workers and the relationship to asbestos-related diseases.

Mr. Frank Field

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he is yet able to publish the results of the employment medical advisory service's survey on asbestos workers.

Mr. Gummer

In my reply to the hon. Member for Birkenhead, on 25 July— [Vol. 46, c. 265]—1 stated that summary analyses would be available within the next few months. In the course of the preparation of these analyses, errors were discovered in the transcription of cause of death codes from some death certificates. These have now been rechecked and the errors corrected. I now anticipate that the summary analyses will be available next spring.