§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many(a) nurses and (b) health care workers applied to the NHS Pensions Agency for permanent injury benefit for a disorder in the year from April 2001 to March 2002; and how many were successful at (i) their first application and (ii) subsequent appeal; [89108]
(2) how many (a) nurses and (b) health care workers applied to the NHS Pensions Agency for permanent injury benefit relating to muscular skeletal disorders in the year from April 2001 to March 2002; and how many were successful at (i) their first application and (ii) subsequent appeal. [89109]
§ Mr. Hutton[pursuant to his answer, 9 January 2003, Official Report, c. 330W]: Information in the format requested is not readily available. The number of nurse and "other" permanent injury benefit applications in the financial year 2001–02 was:
Number Total applications 575 Nurse applications 183 Others 392 The number of applications accepted or rejected in the financial year 2001–02 was:
§ Jacqui SmithWe hope to publish the information shortly.