§ Andy BurnhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much compensation was paid to people resident in the(a) Leigh, (b) Markerfield, (c) Wigan parliamentary constituencies and (d) the 243WS Wigan borough under the Coal Health Compensation Scheme, by 15 December (i) 2000, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 2002. [87244]
§ Mr. Wilson[holding answer 17 December 2002]: It is not possible to provide the statistics requested for the year 2000. In the timescale available it is not possible to provide statistics for the year 2002 up until 15 December 2002. However, we are able to provide figures for Wigan Borough up to 12 December 2002 and figures for the constituencies up to 30 November 2002.
£ Parliamentary Constituency Damages Paid Leigh Markerfield Wigan Wigan Borough Cummulatively to 31 December 2001 COPD 1,600,923 1,341,454 962,818 495,762 VWF 1,570,421 1,427,337 716,237 127,799 I January 2002 to 30 November 2002 COPD 2,168,399 1,433,227 1,351,650 VWF 588,329 713,145 295,420 1 January 2002 to 12 December 2002 COPD 657,904 VWF 6,801