Pneumoconiosis: Compensation

(asked on 12th February 2020) - View Source
Questioner
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Lord Wigley
(Plaid Cymru - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total amount of money paid by way of compensation under the provisions of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 in (1) 1990–99, (2) 2000–09, and (3) 2010–19.

Answered by
Baroness Stedman-Scott Portrait
Baroness Stedman-Scott
This question was answered on 26th February 2020

The available information is shown in the table below:

Industrial injuries benefits expenditure, of which Pneumoconiosis 1979

£ million, nominal terms

£ million, real terms, 2019/20 prices

1994/95

3

6

1995/96

4

6

1996/97

5

8

1997/98

5

7

1998/99

8

12

1999/00

11

16

2000/01

12

17

2001/02

14

21

2002/03

20

28

2003/04

19

27

2004/05

21

28

2005/06

47

61

2006/07

33

41

2007/08

27

34

2008/09

32

38

2009/10

35

42

2010/11

38

44

2011/12

38

43

2012/13

42

47

2013/14

45

50

2014/15

45

49

2015/16

46

50

2016/17

42

45

2017/18

41

43

2018/19

43

..

Sources: 1994-2018 DWP Historic and forecast benefit expenditure and caseload data:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables

2018/19 Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: quarterly statistics:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/industrial-injuries-disablement-benefit-quarterly-statistics

Notes:

  1. Figures are in £ millions
  2. ‘..’ not available
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