§ Mr. Alasdair MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the locations of the medical assessment centres in Scotland being used for conducting(a) spirometry and (b) other tests required in connection with the payment of compensation for respiratory diseases. [120793]
§ Mrs. LiddellSpirometry testing has been conducted at four centres in Scotland, in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Lochore (Fife) and Drongan (Ayr). In addition to the 4,080 spirometry assessment carried out at centres, the Department has also assessed 346 claimants in their homes.
The centres at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Lochore have now been fully adapted for the more detailed medical requirements of the main Medical Assessment Process (MAP), along with a new centre in Ayr itself. The future needs for additional MAP centres will be kept under review.
§ Mr. Alasdair MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the annual costs were of the medical assessment centres in Scotland used to provide medical tests to compensation claimants suffering respiratory diseases in each of the last three years. [120794]
§ Mrs. LiddellIn March last year, the DTI awarded the contract to carry out the national programme of spirometry to Healthcall Services Limited. To date DTI have paid Healthcall £155,090 in fees to test claimants in Scotland.