To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants in each coalfield area had made an application for chronic bronchitis and emphysema awards; and how many awards were made between 13 September 1993 and 9 April 1997. [1701]
The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is set out in the tables.
| New claims to, and awards for industrial injuries disablement benefit for chronic bronchitis and emphysema between 13 September 1993 and 31 March by BA area directorates | ||
| Benefits agency area directorate | Claims received | Awards made |
| Anglia | 27 | 3 |
| Chilterns | 24 | 4 |
| South London and West | ||
| Sussex | — | — |
| West Country | 163 | 6 |
| East London and Essex | 43 | — |
| South East | 507 | 34 |
| Wessex | 1 | — |
| East Midlands | 6,266 | 736 |
| Midlands and South West | 680 | 56 |
| West Mercia | 3,870 | 409 |
| Wales | 10,354 | 1,530 |
| Merseyside | 539 | 50 |
| Greater Manchester | 355 | 32 |
| Lancashire and Cumbria | 2,377 | 157 |
| Tyne Tees | 7,540 | 640 |
| South Yorkshire and Humberside | 7,202 | 878 |
| North and West Yorkshire | 3,103 | 447 |
| Glasgow and Paisley | 252 | 8 |
| North, Central and West Scotland | 1,954 | 64 |
| East Scotland | 2,484 | 103 |
| Total Great Britain | 47,741 | 5,157 |
| New claims to, and awards for industrial injuries disablement benefit for chronic bronchitis and emphysema between 1 April 1996 and 8 April 1997 by BA area directorates | ||
| Benefits agency area directorate | Claims received | Awards made |
| East of Scotland | 140 | 6 |
| West of Scotland | 41 | — |
| Tyne Tees | 442 | 15 |
| Yorkshire | 720 | 81 |
| Greater Manchester | 102 | 17 |
| North West Coast | 74 | 5 |
New claims to, and awards for industrial injuries disablement benefit for chronic bronchitis and emphysema between 1 April 1996 and 8 April 1997 by BA area directorates
| ||
Benefits agency area directorate
| Claims received
| Awards made
|
| Wales | 863 | 55 |
| West Midlands | 87 | 2 |
| Mercia | 546 | 82 |
| West Country | 14 | 2 |
| London South | 42 | — |
| Chiltems | 3 | — |
| East London and Anglia | 7 | — |
| Total Great Britain | 3,081 | 265 |
Notes:
1. All figures taken from a 100 per cent. count of claims received and awards made. Figures for awards do not include assessments of less than 14 per cent. disablement, which may have resulted in an aggregated pension.
2. Benefits Agency Area Directorates were changed from 1 April 1996.
Source:
Benefits Agency BREM system data and Central Data Unit.