§ Mr. ChidgeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total amount spent on disablement benefit for occupational deafness in 1993.
§ Mr. HagueInformation is not available in the precise format requested. Estimates based on a 10 per cent. sample suggest that in 1992–93, the latest available year, occupational deafness accounted for around £25 million of disablement benefit expenditure.
Notes:
- (i) This figure has been rounded to the nearest £5 million, but is not accurate to that degree.
- (ii) This figure includes cases with aggregate assessments, where occupational deafness was the first, or highest assessment.
- (iii) This figure does not include any expenditure on reduced earnings allowance/retirement allowance or any of the additional allowances such as constant attendance allowance or exceptionally severe disablement allowance.