Pneumoconiosis: Compensation
(asked on 12th February 2020) - View Source
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.
This question was answered on 25th February 2020
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.