asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will give the names of the individuals who gave oral evidence to the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council with regard to their investigations into emphysema among mineworkers;(2) what organisations gave oral evidence to the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council during the investigations into emphysema among mineworkers;(3) what organisations gave written evidence to the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council during the investigations into emphysema among mineworkers;(4) on what date the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council started taking evidence about emphysema among mineworkers;(5) when he expects to receive the report of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council on its investigations into emphysema among mineworkers.
The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council's investigation is still in progress. The council first invited evidence by a press notice issued on 17 January 1985. I understand that it hopes to submit its report later this year.
introduced in August 1986; what effects are are being monitored; what findings are currently available; and if he will make a statement on the effects of the changes upon claimants.
Information on the effects of the August 1986 changes on expenditure under individual single payment regulations will be obtained from the May 1987 annual statistical enquiry as it is only the ASE which provides a breakdown of expenditure by regulation number (e.g. regulation 12—bedding).Separate data, from Management Information Statistics collect information on the total single payment decisions and amounts paid, but do not record the individual regulation number, apart from payments made under regulation 30. The information in the table is taken from the latest available MIS statistics.