§ Mr. Cabornasked the Secretary of State for Social Services for each percentile of disablement between 1 per cent. and 20 per cent. and for each 5 percentile of disablement between 20 per cent. and 100 per cent., how many persons are currently in receipt of special hardship allowance.
§ Mr. NewtonAwards of disablement benefit for disablement of 20 per cent. or over are rounded to the nearest 10 per cent. In the year ending 30 September 1983 (the latest year for which information is available) the estimated figures are as follows:
Disablement Number of recipients per cent. 1 1,470 2 4,600 3 9,780 4 2,360 5 20,090 6 1,800 7 6,310 8 3,530 9 580 10 26,290 11 530 12 2,780 13 550 14 560 15 9,760 16 260 17 480 18 420 19 120 20 18,800 30 14,280 40 7,930 50 4,690 60 3,270 70 1,990 80 1,270 90 470 100 Nil
§ Mr. Cabornasked the Secretary of State for Social Services for each prescribed industrial disease and for each 5 percentile of disablement between 0 per cent. and 100 per cent., how many persons are in receipt of (i) disablement benefit and (ii) special hardship allowance.
§ Mr. NewtonFigures are not available for each prescribed disease showing levels of disablement or receipt of special hardship allowance. The table shows the number of recipients of disablement benefit for each prescribed disease at 30 September 1983 (the latest date for which figures are available).62W
Brief description of prescribed diseases Number of beneficiaries Lead poisoning — Manganese poisoning — Phosphorus poisoning — Arsenic poisoning — Mercury poisoning — Carbon bisulphide poisoning — Poisoning by benzene or a homologue — Poisoning by a nitro-, amino-, chloro-derivative of benzene; nitrochlorobenzene 10 Poisoning by dinitrophenol — Poisoning by tetrachloroethane — Poisoning by tri-cresyl phosphate 10 Poisoning by tri-phenyl phosphate — Poisoning by diethylene dioxide (dioxan) — Poisoning by methyl bromide — Poisoning by chlorinated naphthalene — Poisoning by nickel carbonyl — Poisoning by nitrous fumes 20 Poisoning by gonioma kamassi — Anthrax 10 Glanders — Infection by leptospira — Ankylostomiasis 10 Dystrophy of cornea* — Localised new skin growth* 10 Squamous-celled carcinoma of skin* 50 Radiation-induced diseases 10 Heat cataract 70 Decompression sickness 60 Cramp of hand or forearm 40 Beat hand — Beat knee 20 Beat elbow 10 Inflamation of tendons of hand or forearm 170 Miner's nystagmus 120 Poisoning by beryllium 20 Carcinoma of nose or air sinuses† — Carcinoma of bronchus or lung† — Tuberculosis 1,160 Neoplasm of the bladder 180 Poisoning by cadmium 20 Inflamation of upper respiratory tract or mouth due to dust, liquid, vapour 10 Dermatitis 1,320 Farmer's lung 80 Diffuse mesothelioma 120 Nasal cancer in furniture workers 10 Infection by brucella abortus 30 Poisoning by acrylamide monomer — Occupational deafness 6,600 Viral hepatitis — Effects of vinylchloride monomer (angiosarcoma, osteolysis, non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis) 10 Nasal cancer in boot and shoe workers — Occupational vitiligo — Occupational asthma 30 Pneumoconiosis 23,420 Byssinosis 2,800 * Due to arsenic, tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, soot, quinone, hydroquinone etc.
† Due to nickel.
§ Mr. Cabornasked the Secretary of State for Social Services for each of the five-year age bands between 20 years and 95 years, how many people are in receipt of special hardship allowance.
§ Mr. NewtonIn the year ending 30 September 1982 (the latest year for which information is available) the estimated figures are as follows: 63W
Age Number of recipients 20–24 1,060 25–29 2,350 30–34 3,920 35–39 7,340 40–44 9,030 45–49 12,380 50–54 14,760 55–59 20,600 60–64 23,400 65–69 18,260 70–74 15,640 75–79 9,890 80–84 4,580 85 and over 1,420