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Tim Loughton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Mr. Burstow) of 23 January 2003, Official Report, column 478W, on the NHS Pensions Agency, how many applications for permanent injury benefit for a disorder have been submitted in each year since 1997. [96044]
Mr. Hutton
The number of permanent injury benefit applications in respect of a disorder or injury for the financial years April 1997 to March 2002 is shown in the table.
| Applications | Number of applications |
| 1 April 1997 to 31 March 1998 | 1,161 |
| 1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999 | 989 |
| 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000 | 846 |
| 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 | 723 |
| 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002 | 575 |
| Total | 4,294 |