Statement
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (David Kidney) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
I would like to inform the House that a Written Answer I gave on 12 October 2009 (Official Report, col. 445W) to the honourable Member for Bassetlaw was incorrect.
It should not have included reference to the figures including services claims made under chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and vibration white finger schemes.
The number of coal health claims that were eligible for a vibration white finger services claim is shown in the table below.
We are unable to provide the number of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease claims that were eligible for a services claim as these figures are included within the Schedule 11 calculations under the terms of the claims handling agreement, and it is not possible to isolate them.
Number Claims Claim Eligible For Services Claim Eligible For Services that have been Settled Claimants' Representatives Location 500 260 254 Ashton Morton Slack LLP AMS UDM Claims Only 3 2 2 Ashton Morton Slack LLP Sheffield 1 0 0 Atherton & Godfrey Solicitors Doncaster 136 105 103 Atteys Retford 46 41 41 Atteys Rotherham 5 1 1 Avalon Solicitors—Ceased Trading Warrington 1 0 0 Bakewells Derby 3 3 3 Banner Jones Chesterfield 1 0 0 Barber Cartain Solicitors—Ceased Trading Manchester 4 4 4 Bell Dallman & Co Doncaster 158 73 73 Beresfords Solicitors Doncaster 569 247 243 Beresfords Solicitors Doncaster (UDM Only) 8 7 7 BHP LAW Belmont 4 4 4 Branton Bridge Manchester 1 1 1 BRM Solicitors Chesterfield—UDM claims only 34 22 21 Browell Smith & Co Newcastle Upon Tyne 3 2 2 BurroughsDay Solicitors Bristol 6 2 2 Colemans Solicitors Manchester 13 6 6 Corries York York 1 0 0 Davis Blank Furniss Hadfield 4 4 4 Davis Blank Furniss Manchester 3 1 1 Dean Thomas & Co Solicitors Worksop 4 2 2 Farleys Solicitors Burnley 1 0 0 Flint Bishop & Barnett Solicitors Derby 1 1 1 Foy & Co 43 36 35 Foys Solicitors Worksop 8 8 8 Gorman Hamilton Solicitors Newcastle Upon Tyne 9 6 6 Gorvin Smith Fort Solicitors Stockport 1 1 1 Grainger Appleyard & Fleming Doncaster 610 462 452 Graysons Solicitors Sheffield 1 1 1 Hamers Solicitors Hull 23 16 16 Hickmotts Solicitors Rotherham 1 0 0 Holmes & Hills Solicitors Great Dunmow 97 84 84 Hopkins Eden Court, Mansfield 1 1 1 Hopkins Mansfield 4 1 1 Hopkins 3 3 3 Hugh James Cardiff 4 3 3 Ilett & Clark Solicitors Nottingham 3 2 2 Ingrams Solicitors Hessle—VWF only 98 77 77 Irwin Mitchell Solicitors Sheffield 39 32 31 Keeble Hawson Doncaster 67 46 46 Keeble Hawson Moorhouse Sheffield 1 1 1 Kenyon Son & Craddock 32 South Parade 163 113 110 Kidd & Spoor Harper Solicitors Newcastle Upon Tyne 1 0 0 Kingslegal Cardiff 1 0 0 Lloyd Green Solicitors Glasgow—UDM Only 4 0 0 Lopian Wagner Solicitors Manchester 3 2 2 Mark Gilbert Morse Newcastle Upon Tyne 1 0 0 Marrons Solicitors Newcastle Upon Tyne 3 0 0 McArdles Solicitors Hartlepool 10 4 4 Meloy Whittle Robinson Preston 3 2 2 Mincoffs Solicitors Newcastle Upon Tyne 4 3 3 Morrish & Co Solicitors Leeds 12 1 1 Mortons Solicitors Sunderland 13 9 9 Moss Solicitors Loughborough 501 263 252 Moss Solicitors Moss UDM Claims Only 199 161 159 O H Parsons & Partners Solicitors London 37 32 32 Oxley & Coward Solicitors Rotherham 4 3 3 Pannone & Partners Solicitors Manchester 1 1 1 Parker Rhodes Solicitors Rotherham 1 0 0 Pinto Potts Solicitors Aldershot 239 168 167 Raleys Solicitors Barnsley 2 2 2 Richard J. Knaggs & Co Redcar 1 1 1 Robinson & Murphy Solicitors Newcastle 19 19 19 Robinson King Solicitors—Ceased Trading Stockport 2 2 2 Russell Jones & Walker Solicitors Sheffield 9 6 5 Saffmans Solicitors Leeds 1 1 1 Sedgwick Phelan & Partners Middleton, Manchester 16 11 11 Shaw & Co Solicitors Doncaster 4 2 2 Shaw & Co Solicitors Newcastle upon Tyne 3 3 3 Simpson Millar Solicitors Leeds 2 0 0 Stanton Croft Estate Agents and Solicitors Newcastle Upon Tyne 143 112 112 Stuart Bell & Associates Worksop 1 1 0 The Quigley Partnership—Ceased Trading Do Not Use—Bolton 1 0 0 The Smith Partnership Derby 2 2 1 Thompsons Solicitors Manchester 26 22 22 Thompsons Solicitors Newcastle Upon Tyne 1 0 0 Thompsons Solicitors Nottingham 2 1 1 Thornleys Huddersfield 29 10 10 TLW Solicitors North Shields 49 31 29 Towells Solicitors Wakefield 1 1 1 Tracey Barlow Furniss & Co Retford 9 3 3 Tracey Barlow Furniss & Co Worksop 4 4 4 Twigg Farnell Solicitors—Ceased Trading Rotherham 1009 698 693 Union of Democratic Mineworkers Mansfield 6 3 3 Wake Smith & Tofields Solicitors Sheffield 1 1 0 Walker & Co. Solicitors. Rotherham 1 0 0 Watson & Brown Solicitors South Shields 131 114 113 Watson Burton LLP Newcastle Upon Tyne Total Total Total 5198 3380 3326