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Dept of Trade and Industry

Answer

Mr. Alan W. Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the total amount paid out to miners (a) for vibration white finger and (b) for chest disease in each month from January 2000 to date. [149168] Mr. Hain: In total, the Department has now made around 65,000 individual payments, including bereavement awards, interim settlements and full and final settlements to claimants in respect of compensation for respiratory disease and vibration related disease, totalling over £333 million. The Department continues to pay out around £1 million per day in compensation. Total amount of compensation paid relating to Vibration White Finger, VWF, on a month by month basis since January 2000 is as follows: £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Month Total amount paid February 6.2 March 6.5 April 24.5 May 12.5 June 15.0 July 12.8 August 14.5 September 7.3 October 10.3 November 17.0 December 11.5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total amount of compensation paid relating to respiratory disease on a month by month basis since January 2000 is as follows: £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Month Total amount paid February 4.3 March 3.4 April 2.7 May 2.8 June 3.2 July 2.4 August 5.7 September 2.5 October 7.3 November 9.6 December 12.5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

149168; 362 c557W;362 c558W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Compensation Coal Industrial diseases Mining Hand arm vibration syndrome Respiratory system

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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