§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will state the number of claims for asbestosis-related diseases made to each of the eight special medical boards during 1988 together with the respective numbers in which disease was diagnosed.
§ Mr. ScottThe available information is in the table.
Initial references and diagnoses of asbestosis-related diseases 1988 Medical boarding centre Initial references Positive diagnoses Cardiff 174 77 Glasgow 270 131 London 400 238 Manchester 261 110 Newcastle 278 126 Sheffield 169 110 Stoke 69 44 Swansea 33 16 All centres 1,654 852 Notes: Prescribed diseases included are PD D1, D3, D8 and D9. Figures included for PD DI relate only to references when the claimant had worked in the asbestos industry.