§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claims for war disablement pension in respect of deafness have failed to reach the threshold of 20 per cent. in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. [40156]
§ Mr. DenhamThe statistics held relate only to first claims to a War Disablement Pension for deafness where deafness is the only condition claimed. We do not hold 465W statistics where claims have been made in respect of deafness and another condition, or in respect of second and subsequent claims for deafness. The following table shows the number of first claims for deafness alone cleared by the War Pensions Agency in the last three years.
First War Disablement Pension claims for deafness as a single condition: 1995/96–1997/98 Year Deafness assessed at less than 20 per cent.1 1995/96 9,096 1996/97 6,975 1997/98 5,895 1 Deafness from all causes and including that assessed at less than 1 per cent. Source:
Monthly reports from the War Pensions Computer System