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Dept of Trade and Industry

Answer

Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the waiting list is for ex-miners awaiting first appointments for their assessment for compensation in each assessment centre in Wales; and what was the corresponding figure on 30 October 2000. [155641] Mr. Hain: [holding answer 27 March 2001]: The number of claimants awaiting their first assessment appointment to be made on 28 February 2001 was as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Test centre 28 February 2001 Newport Cardiff Swansea Mountain Ash Wrexham Ammanford{ 1} Claimants mailed 5,425 316 4,698 5,127 570 -- Claimants to be mailed 35 33 223 633 11 121 Total appointments made 4,776 221 4,138 4,645 463 -- No reply to Healthcall 273 22 251 280 9 -- appointment letter Claimants awaiting 684 128 783 1,115 118 121 appointment/to be tested{2} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Ammanford did not open until 1 March 2001. {2} Claimants awaiting appointments = (claimants mailed - total appointments made) claimants to be mailed. Note: New claims are currently still being received at over 1,000 per week. For week commencing 5 March 2001, 1,600 new claims were received. Figures on the numbers of claimants waiting to be mailed are calculated only at the end of each month in a continuously updated format and not stored. Therefore the number of claimants waiting to be mailed on 30 October 2000 is not available. Of those claimants that had been mailed by 30 October 2000, the following numbers were awaiting their first assessment appointment to be made: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Test centre 30 October 2000 Newport Cardiff Swansea Mountain Ash Wrexham Claimants mailed 5,399 305 4,508 4,806 479 Claimants to be mailed -- -- -- -- -- Total appointments made 4,724 214 3,872 4,083 348 No reply to Healthcall 255 28 370 521 121 appointment letter Claimants awaiting 675 91 636 723 131 appointment/to be tested{1} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Claimants awaiting appointments = claimants mailed - total appointments made.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

155641; 366 c421W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Compensation Coal Industrial diseases Medical examinations Mining Waiting lists Healthcall

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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