§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Paymaster General if he will give the total number of accidents at work and the total number of claims for compensation in the United Kingdom for the latest 12-month period for which figures are available; and if he will give such equivalent information as is available for areas most nearly corresponding to the towns and cities of Widnes, Bolton, Blackburn, Burnley, Norwich, Derby, Plymouth and Exeter, respectively.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe total reported number of people suffering a major injury or death as a result of work activity in the United Kingdom for 1984 was 19,899 (provisional figure).
The number of claims for industrial injury benefit over the period April 1982 to March 1983 was 345,000 for the United Kingdom.
This information is not available for the towns and cities referred to in the question.