Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of industrial injuries disablement benefit claimed the benefit as a result of having contracted an asbestos-related disease in each of the last five years.
The number of people in receipt of industrial injuries disablement benefit who claimed the benefit as a result of having contracted an asbestos-related disease, in each of the last five years can be found in table 1.12A at:
The proportions can be calculated by combining with the information in Table 1.1.