Pneumoconiosis: Compensation
(asked on 19th July 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many posthumous claims for compensation under the (a) Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 and (b) Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis Scheme 1974 were successful in each of the last 30 years.
With regards to the Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers Compensation) Act 1979, the Department for Work and Pensions have advised that the information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
For the Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis Scheme 1974 (CWPS) the figures for posthumous claims received and paid, and the reasons for the difference between the two are shown in the table below:
Year | Deceased Claims Received | Dec’d Claims Paid | Denials & Work In Progress (WIP) | |||
Duplicate Claim Denial | Failed Eligibility Denial | Nil Offer* | Work In Progress/Withdrawn/ Other Denial | |||
2011 | 41 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
2012 | 104 | 65 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
2013 | 160 | 103 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 12 |
2014 | 153 | 96 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 7 |
2015 | 169 | 101 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 4 |
2016 | 70 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
* Nil Offer – a claim under the 1979 Act resulted in a higher award than would have been payable under the CWPS
N.B. Figures only available from July 2011 onwards when current claims handler took on the contract.