§ Mr. Roger KingTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the numbers of disablement benefit claims for asbestos-related diseases referred to special medical boards, and the number in which the disease were diagnosed, for all available years commencing with 1988 in the same format as the tables given in reply to the hon. Member for Lewisham, Deptford (Ms. Ruddock) 30 June 1988,Official Report, columns 343–48.
§ Mr. ScottThe information requested is in the tables.
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References Prescribed disease Postive diagnosis Prescribed disease Medical Boarding Centre D1 D3 D8 D9 Total D1 D3 D8 D9 Total Manchester 132 53 37 33 255 35 46 13 6 100 Newcastle 131 52 16 44 243 25 47 6 28 106 Sheffield 98 80 22 55 255 35 76 5 27 143 Stoke 25 29 9 11 74 11 26 4 1 42 Swansea 7 6 3 6 22 3 6 — 5 14 ALL CENTRES 741 480 171 261 1,653 268 441 54 125 888 1990 Cardiff 62 57 32 50 201 27 53 11 14 105 Glasgow 216 54 33 39 342 90 53 9 21 173 London 113 171 51 60 395 59 160 7 20 246 Manchester 161 64 63 48 336 59 48 13 14 134 Newcastle 250 62 55 81 448 18 57 5 40 120 Sheffield 103 79 30 61 273 36 69 4 26 135 Stoke 26 24 17 14 81 11 19 4 9 43 Swansea 12 5 12 7 36 6 3 5 2 16 ALL CENTRES 943 516 293 360 2,112 306 462 58 146 972