§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many officials are working on clawing back moneys from miners' compensation; and if he will make a statement.[154188]
§ Mr. BayleySixty-seven officials in the Department's Compensation Recovery Unit are working on miners' compensation recovery. These staff are also employed on other duties.
§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many clawback calculations on miners' compensation have been completed to date; and if he will make a statement. [154062]
§ Mr. BayleyThe number of assessments made by the Compensation Recovery Unit up to and including 16 March 2001 is 97,858. On only a limited number of these cases has the action required by both the Department of Trade and Industry and the Compensation Recovery Unit been fully completed—the majority of cases are therefore still being dealt with.
§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what the average cost is of each clawback sum from invalid miners' compensation reclaimed by his Department; and if he will make a statement. [154189]
§ Mr. BayleyThe average administration cost per case based on all miners compensation cases completed (including those cases where no recovery is made) is £72.48.
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§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what average sum has been clawed back by his Department from miners' compensation. [154207]
§ Mr. BayleyThe average sum per case recovered in all miners compensation cases completed (including those cases where no recovery is made) is £2,069.81 in respect of benefit already paid to the individual.
Any amounts recovered are in respect of payments to miners as a consequence of their illness and are recovered direct from the Department of Trade and Industry, not the miners themselves. Sums are recovered by the Department of Trade and Industry from the miners compensation payments in only a limited number of cases.
§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many cases of clawback from compensation awarded to invalid miners were completed in(a) 1998 and (b) 2000; and if he will make a statement. [154187]
§ Mr. BayleyThe following is the information:
Number of cases where the action required by both the Department of Trade and Industry and the Compensation Recovery Unit has been fully completed Year Number of cases 1998–99 876 2000–01 (to 16 March 2001) 2,928 Any amounts recovered are in respect of payments to miners as a consequence of their illness and are recovered direct from the Department of Trade and Industry, not the miners themselves. Sums are recovered by the Department of Trade and Industry from the miners compensation payments in only a limited number of cases.