Miners' Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many claims for (a) miners' hearing loss, (b) vibration white finger and (c) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have been paid in Bolsover constituency in each of the last seven years. (95184)

The number of payments that have been made for miners hearing loss (NIHL), vibration white finger (VWF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) claims in the Bolsover constituency is shown in the following table:

	NIHL	VWF	COPD
2000	326	72	219
2001	807	332	655
2002	409	581	1,043
2003	206	955	1,971
2004	147	934	1,596
2005	171	1,102	2,575
2006	80	934	1,529

Volume 450: debated on Friday 20 October 2006