Mortality Study (Hansard, 15 May 1996)

§ Mrs. Clwyd
To ask the President of the Board of Trade on what date the report, "Mortality Study of Workers at a Patent Fuel Plant"—Institute of Occupational Medicine 1987—was received by his Department; what was the date of publication; and what action was taken in light of the report's findings. [27783]

§ Mr. Page
[holding answer 2 May 1996]: I understand that the report, "Mortality Study of Workers at a Patent Fuel Plant," was published in December 1987 by the Institute of Occupational Medicine, an independent research body. Any action taken in light of that report is a matter for British Coal.

§ Mrs. Clwyd
To ask the President of the Board of Trade on what date the report "Toxicity Review 28, Cancer Epidemiology in Coal Tar Pitch Volatile-associated Industries" published in 1993 by the Health and Safety Executive was published; when it was received by his Department and what action was taken in light of the report's conclusion in respect of the risk of Cancers in coke oven workers. [27785]

§ Mr. Page
[holding answer 2 May 1996]: I understand that the report, "Toxicity Review 28", was published by the Health and Safety Executive on 14 April 1993. Any action taken in light of the report is a matter for the Health and Safety Executive and Commission.

§ Mrs. Clwyd
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what action Her Majesty's Government have taken in respect of the analysis of mortality rates by occupation 493W in the Registrar General's occupational health decennial supplement in respect of lung cancer incidence in the occupational group labourers in coke ovens. [27715]

§ Mr. Page
Action taken in light of the Registrar General's occupational health decennial supplement is principally a matter for employers.

§ Mrs. Clwyd
To ask the President of the Board of Trade when trade unions were informed following the publication of the 1987 "Mortality Study of Workers at the Patent Fuel Plant in the Cynon Valley"; what action was taken consequently by(a) management and (b) the unions; and what consultations took place into (i) the management and (ii) the unions involved in the industry following the "Toxicity Review 28, Cancer Epidemiology in Coal Tar Pitch Volatile-associated Industries" in 1992. [27796]

§ Mr. Page
[holding answer 2 May 1996]: Matters relating to the 1987 "Mortality Study of Workers at a Patent Fuel Plant" are for British Coal. Matters relating to the report, "Toxicity Review 28" are for the Health and Safety Executive and the employers concerned.