(2) what the occupations were of claimants of industrial injuries disablement benefit for mesothelioma in the last three years.
[holding answer 20 June 2006]: The available information is in the following table. Although included in the table, information on the number of posthumous claims for backdated benefit is not available separately.
Number 2002 2003 2004 2005 All occupations 1,000 1,170 1,345 1,175 11 Corporate managers 15 25 15 15 12 Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services 5 5 — — 21 Science and technology professionals 60 95 105 90 22 Health professionals — — — 5 23 Teaching and research professionals 5 10 10 10 24 Business and public service professionals 5 5 5 5 31 Science and technology associate professionals 45 40 50 35 32 Health and social welfare associate professionals 5 5 — 10 33 Protective service occupations 10 10 10 5 34 Culture, media and sports occupations — — 5 — 35 Business and public service associate professionals 10 10 15 5 41 Administrative occupations 20 20 35 20 42 Secretarial and related occupations 5 5 10 10 51 Skilled agricultural trades 5 5 10 10 52 Skilled metal and electrical trades 270 310 350 290 53 Skilled construction and building trades 265 285 335 315 54 Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 15 25 20 30 61 Caring personal service occupations 5 5 5 5 62 Leisure and other personal services occupations 5 5 10 10 71 Sales occupations 5 10 10 5 72 Customer service occupations 5 — 5 — 81 Process, plant and machine operatives 115 150 160 140 82 Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 20 35 35 45 91 Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations 90 110 115 100 92 Elementary administration and service occupations 20 15 20 15 Notes: 1. The table uses the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-8). 2. Figures for 2005 are for nine months only and are provisional. 3. — Nil or Negligible. 4. Numbers are rounded to the nearest five. Source: All figures are from a 100 per cent. sample of clerical forms received from the Disablement Benefit offices.