HC Deb 24 May 2000 vol 350 c512W
Mr. Cummings

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many claims for(a) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (b) vibration white finger have been settled, in each area in (i) January, (ii) February, (iii) March and (iv) April; and when he expects all present claims to be settled. [122817]

Mrs. Liddell

In the four months from January the Department had made payments in full or part settlement of claims totalling some £6.7 million to 1,771 respiratory disease claimants and some £30.3 million to 3,940 VWF claimants—broken down as follows:

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