HC Deb 23 March 1993 vol 221 c544W
Mr. Clapham

To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) how many mineworkers employed by the British Coal Corporation are diagnosed pneumoconiotics in each of the age bands under the mineworkers' pneumoconiosis compensation scheme;

(2) how many mineworkers employed by the British Coal Corporation and suffering from pneumoconiosis are in receipt of a weekly pension under the mineworkers' pneumoconiosis compensation scheme;

(3) what was the average age of coal miners at the date of diagnosis of pneumoconiosis over the last 10 years;

(4) how many coal miners diagnosed to be suffering from pneumoconiosis over the last 10 years had their claims backdated to an earlier development date.

Mr. Eggar

This is a matter for British Coal.

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