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Dept of Trade and Industry

Answer

Mr. Alan W. Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many medical assessment procedures were conducted on average each week in respect of the miners' compensation claims for chest diseases for (a) January to March 2000, (b) April to June 2000, (c) July to September 2000 and (d) October to December 2000 and the individual weekly totals from 1 January to date. [153379] Mr. Hain: A breakdown of the number of medical assessments is available only from June 2000 onwards. Between January and June 2000, Healthcall, the company contracted to undertake the Medical Assessment Process, completed a total of 1,163 MAP assessments. The average weekly number of MAPs between July and September 2000 is 276. Between October and December 2000 (excluding the two-week Christmas holiday period), an average of 371 MAPs were undertaken. The individual weekly totals from 1 January 2001 to date are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Week ending Number of MAPs 7 January 340 14 January 497 21 January 455 28 January 570 4 February 417 11 February 655 18 February 559 25 February 515 4 March 645 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The total number of MAPs undertaken to date is 13,218.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

153379; 364 c548-9W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Compensation Bronchitis Industrial diseases Emphysema Medical examinations Mining Respiratory system

Contains statistics

Yes

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