Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many payments under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 were made during each of the last three years in response to applications relating to persons who had been employed in the slate quarrying industry; and what was the total payment to this group in each of those years.
Answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott - Opposition Whip (Lords)
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total amount of money paid by way of compensation under the provisions of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 in (1) 1990–99, (2) 2000–09, and (3) 2010–19.
Answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott - Opposition Whip (Lords)
The available information is shown in the table below:
Industrial injuries benefits expenditure, of which Pneumoconiosis 1979
| £ million, nominal terms | £ million, real terms, 2019/20 prices |
1994/95 | 3 | 6 |
1995/96 | 4 | 6 |
1996/97 | 5 | 8 |
1997/98 | 5 | 7 |
1998/99 | 8 | 12 |
1999/00 | 11 | 16 |
2000/01 | 12 | 17 |
2001/02 | 14 | 21 |
2002/03 | 20 | 28 |
2003/04 | 19 | 27 |
2004/05 | 21 | 28 |
2005/06 | 47 | 61 |
2006/07 | 33 | 41 |
2007/08 | 27 | 34 |
2008/09 | 32 | 38 |
2009/10 | 35 | 42 |
2010/11 | 38 | 44 |
2011/12 | 38 | 43 |
2012/13 | 42 | 47 |
2013/14 | 45 | 50 |
2014/15 | 45 | 49 |
2015/16 | 46 | 50 |
2016/17 | 42 | 45 |
2017/18 | 41 | 43 |
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2018/19 | 43 | .. |
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Sources: 1994-2018 DWP Historic and forecast benefit expenditure and caseload data:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables
2018/19 Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: quarterly statistics:
Notes:
Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cases of compensation under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 were paid to workers employed in (1) slate quarrying and slate mining, (2) coal mining, (3) the textile industries, (4) the pottery industries, and (5) other industries, in the last year for which figures are available; and how many, if any, of those cases were related to diffuse mesothelioma.
Answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott - Opposition Whip (Lords)
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
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 - Opposition Whip (Lords)
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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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.