§ Mr. SkinnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the number of(a) applications for and (b) awards of disablement benefit for (i) chronic bronchitis and (ii) emphysema since 13 September 1993 in respect of coal miners (1) for the United Kingdom as a whole and (2) for each of the regional special medical boarding centres for respiratory diseases. [70179]
§ Mr. BayleyInformation is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is set out in the tables.
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New claims to industrial injuries disablement benefit for coal miners suffering from chronic bronchitis and emphysema received between 13 September 1993 and 31 March 1996, by BA area directorate Benefits Agency Directorate Claims received Anglia 27 Chilterns 24 South London and Wessex — West Country 163 East London and Essex 43
New claims to industrial injuries disablement benefit for coal miners suffering from chronic bronchitis and emphysema received between 13 September 1993 and 31 March 1996, by BA area directorate Benefits Agency Directorate Claims received South East 507 Wessex 1 East Midlands 6,266 Midlands and South West 680 West Mercia 3,870 Wales 10,354 Merseyside 539 Greater Manchester 355 Lancashire and Cumbria 2,377 Tyne Tees 7,540 South Yorks and Humberside 7,202 North and West Yorkshire 3,103 Glasgow and Paisley 252 North, Central and West Scotland 1,954 East Scotland 2,484 Total Great Britain 47,741 Source:
DSS (Analytical Services Division) data from Benefits Agency 'BREM' and Central Data Unit. 100 per cent. data, which are provisional and subject to amendment
New claims to industrial injuries disablement benefit for coal miners suffering from chronic bronchitis and emphysema between 1 April 1996 and 31 December 1998 by BA area directorate Benefits Agency Directorate Claims received East London and Anglia 29 Chilterns 17 London South 733 West Country 105 Mercia 11,661 West Midlands 1,009 Wales 8,643 North West Coast 884 Greater Manchester 1,505 Yorkshire 8,650 Tyne Tees 5,495 West of Scotland 1,548 East of Scotland 4,101 Total Great Britain 44,380 Source:
DSS (Analytical Services Division) data from Benefits Agency 'BREM' and Central Data Unit. 100 per cent. data, which are provisional and subject to amendment
Industrial injuries disablement benefit Number of special medical boardings during the year and number of awards for pneumoconiosis relating to the coal agent Great Britain 1988 1989 1990 Medical boarding centre Boardings Awards Boardings Awards Boardings Awards All Boards 1,042 299 1,061 339 896 344 Cardiff 228 47 278 73 155 46 Swansea 126 27 102 19 103 30 Glasgow 41 10 41 14 34 11 Stoke on Trent 79 18 74 24 50 23 Sheffield 338 119 364 147 358 150 Manchester 89 29 99 30 57 28 Newcastle 126 45 96 29 126 50 London 15 4 7 3 13 6 550W
Great Britain 1991 1992 1993 Medical boarding centre Boardings Awards Boardings Awards Boardings Awards All Boards 1,083 379 1,104 383 1,122 395 Cardiff 181 49 190, 58 182 58 Swansea 112 18 108 21 82 22
Awards of industrial injuries disablement benefit for coal miners suffering from chronic bronchitis and emphysema between 13 September 1993 and 30 September 1997 by special medical board Medical Boarding Centres (GB) Number of awards (assessments of 14 per cent, or more disability) Swansea 323 Bristol 16 Cardiff 1,944 Glasgow 308 Edinburgh 51 Stoke on Trent 398 Leeds/Sheffield1 1,607 Manchester 240 Newcastle 1,493 London 6 Total Great Britain 6,386 Notes:
1. The special medical boarding centre at Sheffield transferred to Leeds in 1996.
2. Figures are not available separately for chronic bronchitis and emphysema, because they are prescribed as one disease (PD D12) for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit.
3. Claim figures for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit for chronic bronchitis and emphysema are not available for each of the boarding centres but are provided for Great Britain and for the Benefits Agency (BA) Area Directorate. These areas changed boundaries at April 1996 and this is reflected in the tables.
4. Details of special medical boards are not available for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit claims data and are available only for awards data until 30 September 1997.
Source:
DSS (Analytical Services Division) 100 per cent. data.
§ Mr. SkinnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many(a) applications for and (b) awards of disablement benefit in respect of coal miners suffering from pneumoconiosis there were for (1) the United Kingdom as a whole and (2) each of the special medical boarding centres for respiratory diseases in each year from 1988 to 1997. [70184]
§ Mr. BayleyInformation is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is set out in the tables.
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Great Britain 1991 1992 1993 Medical boarding centre Boardings Awards Boardings Awards Boardings Awards Glasgow 62 19 41, 6 44 10 Stoke on Trent 70 31 55 17 69 27 Sheffield 424 174 521 221 502 205 Manchester 63 28 64 24 51 12 Newcastle 158 54 112 34 177 58 London 13 6 13 2 15 3
Great Britain 1994 1995 Medical boarding centre Boardings Awards Boardings Awards All Boards 1,563 583 n/a 384 Cardiff 153 56 n/a 58 Swansea 89 19 n/a 17 Glasgow 18 5 n/a 4 Edinburgh 23 6 n/a 5 Stoke on Trent 89 47 n/a 17 Sheffield 462 274 n/a 217 Manchester 63 28 n/a 21 Newcastle 648 141 n/a 43 London 18 7 n/a 2
Great Britain 1996 1997 1 January to 30 September only Medical boarding centre Boardings Awards Boardings Awards All Boards n/a 322 n/a 148 Bristol n/a 3 n/a 2 Cardiff n/a 46 n/a 40 Swansea n/a 25 n/a 8 Glasgow n/a 7 n/a 5 Stoke n/a 14 n/a 20 Leeds n/a 172 n/a 25 Manchester n/a 22 n/a 14 Newcastle n/a 33 n/a 33 London n/a — n/a 1 Notes:
1. Figures are not available specifically for the coal mining industry, but are available for Great Britain, where coal has been the attributable agent for pneumoconiosis.
2. Figures are not available on applications by special medical boarding centre. They are available up to 1994 for applications that reach the examination stage.
Source:
DSS (Analytical Services Division) 100 per cent. data.