HC Deb 02 February 2004 vol 417 c648W
Adam Price

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many applications for benefit under the Coalworkers Pneumoconiosis Scheme have been received in each of the last six years from claimants from(a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales. [151495]

Nigel Griffiths

The information is as follows:

Number of claims received (UK)
1998 746
1999 809
2000 550
2001 646
2002 1,014
2003 1,767

A geographical breakdown of claims is not kept.