Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, under the provisions of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979, how many new applications for compensation were made in the last year for which figures are available; what was the corresponding number of payments that were made; and what was the total cost of those payments.
Answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott
The available information is shown in the table below.
IIDB 3.1 | Pneumoconiosis (Worker's Compensation) Act 1979 by type of claimant and payment, Oct 2018 – Sep 2019 | ||||||
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| Number of claims | Total Payments made £ |
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2018 | October |
| 310 | 4,043,400 |
| 30 | 226,852 |
| November | 300 | 3,270,613 |
| 40 | 278,222 | |
| December | 210 | 2,756,460 |
| 20 | 177,240 | |
2019 | January |
| 300 | 3,686,361 |
| 30 | 221,249 |
| February |
| 240 | 2,724,420 |
| 20 | 139,378 |
| March |
| 290 | 3,471,191 |
| 30 | 242,787 |
| April |
| 240 | 3,348,735 |
| 30 | 217,586 |
| May |
| 250 | 3,435,557 |
| 10 | 91,024 |
| June |
| 260 | 3,321,152 |
| 20 | 157,177 |
| July |
| 270 | 3,651,931 |
| 30 | 206,222 |
| August |
| 210 | 3,119,361 |
| 30 | 217,707 |
| September | 220 | 3,046,575 |
| 20 | 180,725 | |
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Notes:
Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Draft Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, published on 22 November, which aspects of social security will be co-ordinated with the EU.
Answered by Baroness Buscombe
The details of which aspects of social security will be coordinated with the EU under the future relationship are subject to further negotiation with the EU.