Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Asbestosis and Diffuse Pleural Thickening
(asked on 7th October 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many assessments for industrial injuries disabled benefits have been suspended due to the covid-19 outbreak in respect of (a) asbestosis and (b) diffuse pleural thickening.
This question was answered on 15th October 2020
The number of Pneumoconiosis including Asbestosis and Silicosis category cases that are currently awaiting a medical assessment is 865 (we are unable to break this figure down to just asbestosis claims).
The number of Diffuse Pleural Thickening category cases that are currently awaiting a medical assessment is 347.