HC Deb 30 June 1988 vol 136 cc343-7W
Ms. Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of applications and awards of disablement benefit for the four asbestos-related diseases for each of the last 10 years for each of the eight medical boarding centres pneumoconiosis medical panels.

Mr. Scott

The information is not available in the form requested. The tables show the number of disablement benefit claims for asbestos-related diseases referred to special medical boards and the number in which the diseases were diagnosed. Prescribed diseases D8 and D9 were not added to the schedule until 1 April 1985.

Medical boarding centre (respiratory diseases) Initial references for asbestos-related diseases Positive diagnoses
Prescribed disease Total Prescribed disease Total
D1 D3 D1 D3
Glasgow 52 20 72 22 20 42
London 75 13 88 18 11 29
Manchester 87 15 102 29 15 44
Newcastle 69 20 89 23 18 41
Sheffield 60 7 67 27 7 34
Stoke 10 5 15 6 5 11
Swansea 5 2 7 1 2 3
All Centres 417 100 517 140 93 233
1982
Cardiff 57 24 81 17 23 40
Glasgow 61 15 76 25 14 39
London 94 35 129 23 32 55
Manchester 131 18 149 35 14 49
Newcastle 78 23 101 26 23 49
Sheffield 83 12 95 41 11 52
Stoke 15 5 20 3 5 8
Swansea 6 1 7 1 1 2
All Centres 525 133 658 171 123 294
1983
Cardiff 68 16 84 12 16 28
Glasgow 89 34 123 45 34 79
London 109 25 134 31 23 54
Manchester 136 14 150 36 14 50
Newcastle 74 27 101 31 27 58
Sheffield 71 35 106 26 27 53
Stoke 33 6 39 12 6 18
Swansea 11 1 12 6 1 7
All Centres 591 158 749 199 148 347
1984
Cardiff 57 27 84 23 27 50
Glasgow 99 33 132 38 32 70
London 111 52 163 21 47 68
Manchester 142 25 167 44 24 68
Newcastle 48 41 89 22 40 62
Sheffield 58 26 84 22 22 44
Stoke 24 8 32 12 5 17
Swansea 11 4 15 4 4 8
All Centres 550 216 766 186 201 387
Medical boarding centre (Respiratory diseases) Initial references for asbestos-retated diseases Positive diagnoses
Prescribed disease Total Prescribed disease Total
D1 D3 D8 D9 D1 D3 D8 D9
1985
Cardiff 72 23 2 8 105 24 23 2 4 53
Glasgow 160 44 1 3 208 71 43 1 3 118
London 119 70 7 27 223 23 70 4 16 113
Manchester 174 27 3 19 223 46 26 — 14 86
Newcastle 100 46 1 13 160 48 46 — 10 104
Sheffield 87 43 2 13 145 45 30 1 10 86
Stoke 28 5 1 2 36 12 5 — 2 19
Swansea 8 2 1 3 14 4 2 — 2 8
All Centres 748 260 18 88 1,114 273 245 8 61 587
1986
Cardiff 98 27 7 38 170 31 25 4 12 72
Glasgow 208 40 3 14 265 81 40 1 7 129
London 147 118 21 49 335 37 112 13 20 182
Manchester 148 36 17 31 232 59 33 8 18 118
Newcastle 177 43 3 25 248 38 43 2 22 105
Sheffield 86 41 6 32 165 34 39 6 23 102
Stoke 49 12 1 6 68 27 9 0 5 41
Swansea 13 5 1 4 23 5 4 0 4 13
All centres 926 322 59 199 1,506 312 305 34 111 762

Medical boarding centre (Respiratory diseases) Initial references for asbestos-related diseases Positive diagnoses
Prescribed disease Total Prescribed disease Total
D1 D3 D8 D9 D1 D3 D8 D9
1987
Cardiff 86 49 26 72 233 30 45 15 21 111
Glasgow 181 55 12 22 270 39 53 5 6 103
London 111 144 44 81 380 37 136 14 28 215
Manchester 170 41 23 14 248 60 40 9 4 113
Newcastle 102 62 24 34 222 29 60 8 24 121
Sheffield 70 54 13 36 173 32 47 2 25 106
Stoke 27 17 8 2 54 16 16 1 2 35
Swansea 11 3 4 7 25 4 2 1 5 12
All centres 758 425 154 268 1,605 247 399 55 115 816