Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government what are the most recent statistics relating to claims for industrial injuries disablement benefit; and whether they intend to publish future statistics on a regular basis.

In the latest full financial year for which data is available, 2021/22, there were 9,870[1] new claims[2] made to Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit[3]. 7,060 of these related to a prescribed disease and 2,820 of these related to a workplace accident.

In the first quarter of the 2022/23 financial year, April 2022 to June 2022, 2,620 new claims[4] were made to Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit[5]. 1,920 of these related to a prescribed disease and 700 of these related to a workplace accident.

Information on claims for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit is published on a quarterly basis and can be found in the ‘IIDB Claims’ dataset on Stat-Xplore.

The latest release for this dataset was published on Tuesday 14th February 2023 at 09:30am containing data up to June 2022. The next release is scheduled for Tuesday 16th May 2023 at 09:30am.

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[1] All volumes are rounded to the nearest 10. Individual figures for accidents and prescribed diseases may not sum to overall totals due to rounding

[2] Claims that did not result in a payment are also included. There are a number of reasons why a claim might not result in payment. The claim is progressed through to assessment where a decision maker will decide if the claim is payable

[3] Excluding new claims for Reduced Earnings Allowance

[4] Claims that did not result in a payment are also included. There are a number of reasons why a claim might not result in payment. The claim is progressed through to assessment where a decision maker will decide if the claim is payable

[5] Excluding new claims for Reduced Earnings Allowance.