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Mr. Loyden
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people have been awarded disablement benefit arising from pneumoconiosis (D1) in each year; and how many people had their claim for disablement benefit dismissed because it was decided that they do not suffer from pneumoconiosis in each year.
Mr. Scott
The available information is set out in the table:
| D1 pneumoconiosis: diagnoses by special medical boards | |||
| Boarding excluding reassessments | Diagnosed | Not diagnosed | |
| 1989 | 1,940 | 661 | 1,279 |
| 1988 | 1,929 | 562 | 1,367 |
| 1987 | 1,996 | 652 | 1,344 |
| 1986 | 2,336 | 747 | 1,589 |
| 1985 | 2,300 | 702 | 1,598 |