Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost of industrial injuries disablement benefit payments in respect of claimants suffering from as asbestos-related disease was in each of the last five years.

Information on the cost of industrial injuries disablement benefit payments in respect of claimants suffering from particular diseases is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.