§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in theOfficial Report the number of people who have died from industrial diseases in (a) Scotland and (b) the United Kingdom in each year since 1978.
§ Mr. NichollsThe available statistics are as shown. The numbers have been obtained by combining figures for death benefit awards under the industrial injuries and pneumoconiosis, byssinosis and miscellaneous diseases benefit schemes with figures of certifications that death was due to pneumoconiosis made under the workers' compensation scheme.
Deaths in the United Kingdom which can be attributed to recognised industrial diseases Year Number 1978 888 1979 931 1980 920 1981 905 1982 897 1983 913 1984 806 1985 1,033 1986 930 I regret that separate figures for Scotland are not available.