§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what assessment he has made of the amounts of compensation received by(a) asbestosis sufferers who have won court awards which were appealed against by firms and (b) those who received the same award which was accepted by the firm.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the annual running costs of the compensation recovery unit.
§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will show the amounts successfully reclaimed by the compensation recovery unit in each year for the past 10 years.
§ Mr. ScottRecoveries made under the compensation recovery scheme apply to compensation payments made on or after 3 September 1990 for an accident, injury or
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Number of children in families receiving the following benefits Year Widowed mother's allowance Supplementary benefit/Income support Family income supplement/Family credit Housing benefit Community charge benefit 1979 132 955 184 n/a n/a 1980 n/a 1,125 n/a n/a n/a 1981 119 1,550 226 n/a n/a 1982 112 1,793 306 n/a n/a 1983 106 1,868 396 n/a n/a 1984 111 2,033 428 n/a n/a 1985 93 n/a 415 n/a n/a 1986 86 2,227 412 n/a n/a 1987 81 2,236 457 n/a n/a 1988 85 2,195 438 370 n/a 1989 81 2,138 656 335 n/a 1990 80 2,151 669 1,807 2,563 1991 78 2,497 736 1,971 2,634 disease which occurred on or after 1 January 1989, therefore, the information requested is only available for each financial year since 1990.
I gave the hon. Member this information on 5 July at Cols. 226–27.