§ Adam PriceTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the average number of coal health compensation claims settled each month was in(a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales since the scheme began; how many claims are awaiting settlement; and what the timetable is for settling outstanding claims. [170873]
§ Nigel GriffithsAs of 6 May 2004 the figures for Respiratory Disease are as follows:
506W
Month settled
England Scotland Wales Total 1996 January 2 — 3 5 1996 February 10 1 14 25 1996 April — — 1 1 1996 May 1 — 1 2 1996 June 3 — — 3 1997 September 2 — — 2 1997 October — 1 — 1 1997 December 2 2 — 4 1998 January 1 1 — 2 1998 February 2 1 2 5 1998 March 12 1 2 15 1998 April 10 — 2 12 1998 May 18 1 1 20 1998 June 21 — 2 23 1998 July 36 — 4 40 1998 August 10 — 1 11 1998 September 5 — 37 42
Month settled
England Scotland Wales Total 1998 October 14 1 1 16 1998 November 12 — — 12 1998 December 12 — 2 14 1999 January 10 1 3 14 1999 February 2 — 1 3 1999 March 28 — 3 31 1999 April 16 — 7 23 1999 May 22 2 18 42 1999 June 20 — 4 24 1999 July 46 — 13 59 1999 August 41 — 11 52 1999 September 91 5 93 189 1999 October 120 21 76 217 1999 November 157 78 63 298 1999 December 120 36 38 194 2000 January 344 50 63 457 2000 February 345 13 110 468 2000 March 346 13 104 463 2000 April 252 23 54 329 2000 May 161 48 48 257 2000 June 274 50 47 371 2000 July 253 11 61 325 2000 August 217 17 30 264 2000 September 190 14 31,235 2000 October 140 2 19 161 2000 November 352 19 56 427 2000 December 794 6 100 900 2001 January 830 16 109 955 2001 February 779 234 79 1,092 2001 March 1,199 164 80 1,443 2001 April 623 41 58 722 2001 May 619 46 88 753 2001 June 441 31 90 562 2001 July 808 47 145 1,000 2001 August 717 53 125 895 2001 September 936 41 107 1,084 2001 October 1,091 79 128 1,298 2001 November 826 86 384 1,296 2001 December 645 58 208 911 2002 January 1,009 70 303 1,382 2002 February 1,179 74 452 1,705 2002 March 1,148 66 529 1,743 2002 April 1,272 80 520 1,872 2002 May 1,447 85 711 2,243 2002 June 1,033 90 981 2,104 2002 July 1,836 138 695 2,669 2002 August 1,386 92 653 2,131 2002 September 2,302 143 1,303 3,748 2002 October 3,066 277 1,836 5,179 2002 November 3,497 383 1,365 5,245 2002 December 2,167 340 1,211 3,718 2003 January 3,768 277 1,229 5,274 2003 February 3,472 236 1,172 4,880 2003 March 3,594 273 1,000 4,867 2003 April 3,091 283 910 4,284 2003 May 2,943 302 741 3,986 2003 June 3,159 366 1,007 4,532 2003 July 3,580 256 818 4,654 2003 August 3,164 191 992 4,347 2003 September 3,571 347 888 4,806 2003 October 4,254 402 906 5,562 2003 November 3,025 366 920 4,311 2003 December 3,006 283 670 3,959 2004 January 3,801 238 693 4,732 2004 February 3,525 342 585 4,452 2004 March 4,662 397 785 5,844 2004 April 4,074 448 701 5,223 Total Settlements 92,059 8,159 27,303 127,521 Total Receipts 426,470 41,133 90,480 558,083 Total Outstanding 334,411 32,974 63,177 430,562 Notes:
1. Total settlements include claims settled by denial/withdrawal.
2. Claim receipts are those claims that are fully registered. These figures exclude claims registered partially on the website (yet to be fully registered within ICMS due to a submission error during input) and claims held within the holding policy (pool of claims 507W accepted with minimum data, awaiting further information to permit cross referencing and duplicate checks prior to full registration).
With regard to the timetable for settling outstanding claims, I refer my hon. Friend to House of Lords, Official Report, of 21 April 2004, column WA49.
As of 6 May 2004 the figures for Vibration White Finger are as follows:
508W
Month settled
England Scotland Wales Total 1996 January 139 2 1 142 1996 February 2 2 — 4 1996 April 1 — — 1 1996 May 3 — — 3 1996 June 3 — 2 5 1996 July 2 — — 2 1996 August 1 1 1996 November 1 — — 1 1997 February 1 — — 1 1997 April 15 — 14 29 1997 May 28 9 32 69 1997 June 89 35 23 147 1997 July 55 56 49 160 1997 August 54 55 27 136 1997 September 93 41 72 206 1997 October 33 20 13 66 1997 November 31 13 32 76 1997 December 23 38 11 72 1998 January 44 18 28 90 1998 February 50 75 107 232 1998 March 87 29 50 166 1998 April 58 18 40 116 1998 May 91 18 21 130 1998 June 75 45 32 152 1998 July 102 68 41 211 1998 August 47 21 23 91 1998 September 38 40 19 97 1998 October 100 30 8 138 1998 November 164 27 36 227 1998 December 179 18 12 209 1999 January 67 6 17 90 1999 February 38 3 3 44 1999 March 93 1 26 120 1999 April 180 7 15 202 1999 May 236 22 15 273 1999 June 185 32 24 241 1999 July 212 16 211 439 1999 August 288 12 76 376 1999 September 313 16 60 389 1999 October 360 14 130 504 1999 November 412 19 196 627 1999 December 382 13 173 568 2000 January 286 49 95 430 2000 February 280 22 36 338 2000 March 405 32 90 527 2000 April 245 30 61 336 2000 May 328 53 132 513 2000 June 431 84 153 668 2000 July 316 104 113 533 2000 August 350 32 76 458 2000 September 245 43 70 358 2000 October 374 59 122 555 2000 November 359 22 68 449 2000 December 217 15 48 280 2001 January 296 26 78 600 2001 February 414 61 98 573 2001 March 584 38 116 738 2001 April 455 153 99 707 2001 May 583 80 104 767 2001 June 525 37 94 656 2001 July 740 68 211 1,019 2001 August 771 43 179 993 2001 September 745 51 133 929 2001 October 1,994 109 413 2,516 2001 November 492 45 136 673
Month settled
England Scotland Wales Total 2001 December 395 32 100 527 2002 January 1,113 134 270 1,517 2002 February 1,467 59 175 1,701 2002 March 2,391 56 292 2,739 2002 April 3,944 119 467 4,530 2002 May 1,987 113 446 2,546 2002 June 1,057 54 181 1,292 2002 July 1,157 48 149 1,354 2002 August 910 34 135 1,079 2002 September 683 36 154 873 2002 October 1,343 85 182 1,610 2002 November 1,102 129 256 1,487 2002 December 1,393 45 294 1,732 2003 January 1,954 54 452 2,460 2003 February 1,610 58 319 1,987 2003 March 2,390 112 504 3,006 2003 April 1,767 115 244 2,126 2003 May 3,074 143 284 3,501 2003 June 2,930 115 225 3,270 2003 July 2,868 74 360 3,302 2003 August 2,077 82 182 2,341 2003 September 2,111 146 201 2,458 2003 October 2,921 80 166 3,167 2003 November 2,496 122 299 2,917 2003 December 2,344 84 114 2,542 2004 January 2,444 75 181 2,700 2004 February 1,410 64 130 1,604 2004 March 1,606 79 295 1,980 2004 April 1,696 106 183 1,985 Total Settlements 70,450 4,748 11,604 86,802 Total Receipts 137,158 11,480 20,936 169,574 Total Outstanding 66,708 6,732 9,332 82,772 Most general damage claims for VWF should be settled in 2005 with most claims for Services settled in 2007.