Written question asked by Alan W Williams (Labour) on Thursday, 1 February 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 February 2001. It was answered by Lord Hain (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 February 2001 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the new testing centre for the Medical Assessment Procedure at Ammanford will be operational; and if he will make a statement. - Includes figures.

Answer: Mr. Alan W. Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the new testing centre for the Medical Assessment Procedure at Ammanford will be operational; and if he will make a statement. [149089] Mr. Hain: The new testing centre for the Medical Assessment Procedure at Ammanford should be operational by the end of February. The Department currently has five centres in operation in Wales to undertake the Medical Assessment Process, MAP, for respiratory disease. A further centre at Ystrad Mynach, in addition to that in Ammanford, is due to open in March. It is intended that the two new centres will initially be used for the purpose of assessing priority claimants only, including the eldest of the illest. All the MAP centres are also equipped to carry out spirometry assessment. In Wales as a whole, over 28,000 claims have been registered. Of these 2,250 claimants have proceeded through the full MAP, and a further 1,729 have appointments.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 149089; 362 c556-7W;362 c557-8W
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Compensation Coal Industrial diseases Medical examinations Mining Wales Respiratory system Ammanford
Contains statistics: Yes
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