Search Results

1-18 of 18 results for subject:Bronchitis

Show detailed: On Off

Results: 10 20 50 100

Sort by: Newest first Oldest first

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will recognise emphysema and chronic bronchitis as industrial diseases. - Includes figure.

Asked by

Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 May 2001

Reference

368 c442W; 161106

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much compensation has been paid to miners, ex-miners and miners' families in respect of chronic bronchitis and emphysema in the Wansbeck constituency. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Denis Murphy (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 April 2001

Reference

158460; 367 c227W

House

House of Commons

: Easter recess motion speech on compensation for miners suffering from respiratory diseases

Easter recess motion speech on compensation for miners suffering from respiratory diseases.

Member

Stephen Hepburn (Labour)

Type

Proceeding contributions

Date

10 April 2001

Reference

366 c938-40

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claims have been registered by ex-miners suffering from respiratory disease who are resident in the constituencies of (a) Caerphilly, (b) Llanelli, (c) Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, (d) Neath, (e) Clwyd South, (f) Wrexham and (g) Pontypridd. - Inc...

Asked by

Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

21 March 2001

For answer on

4 April 2001

Answered on

4 April 2001

Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many claims have been registered by ex-miners suffering from respiratory disease who are resident in the constituencies of (a) Caerphilly, (b) Llanelli, (c) Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, (d) Neath, (e) Clwyd South, (f) Wrexham and (g) Pontypridd. [155645] Mr. Hain: [holding answer 28 March 2001]: IRISC, the Department's claims handlers, do not collect data by constituency. The following information is collated by reference to the postcodes most closely mapping onto the constituencies in question. The number of claims in respect of respiratory disease in the areas defined by these postcodes are listed in the table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Constituency within defined area Postcode defined area Number of claims for respiratory disease Caerphilly CF 46, 81-83; NP 1 3,231 Llanelli SA 14-17 1,308 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney NP 2-3; CF 44, 46-48 3,635 Neath SA 8-11, 18 3,636 Clwyd South LL 13-14, 20-21; SY 10 516 Wrexham LL 11-13 502 Pontypridd CF 37-39 2,122 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

4 April 2001

Reference

155645; 366 c208W;366 c208-9W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claims for compensation for respiratory disease have been made by ex-miners living in the constituencies of (a) Aberavon, (b) Newport East, (c) Ogmore, (d) Blaenau Gwent, (e) Bridgend, (f) Rhondda, (g) Islwyn and (h) Carmarthen East and Dinefwr....

Asked by

Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

21 March 2001

For answer on

4 April 2001

Answered on

4 April 2001

Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many claims for compensation for respiratory disease have been made by ex-miners living in the constituencies of (a) Aberavon, (b) Newport, East, (c) Ogmore, (d) Blaenau Gwent, (e) Bridgend, (f) Rhondda, (g) Islwyn and (h) East Carmarthen and Dinefwr. [155642] Mr. Hain: [holding answer 27 March 2001]: IRISC, the Department's claims handlers, do not collect data by constituency. The information is collated by reference to the postcodes most closely mapping onto the constituencies in question. The number of claims in respect of respiratory disease in the areas defined by these postcodes are listed in the table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Constituency within defined area Postcode defined area Number of claims for respiratory disease Aberavon SA 11-13, CF 34, 42 2,983 Newport, East NP 26, 9 22 Ogmore CF 32, 34, 35, 72 2,915 Blaenau Gwent NP 3, 23 642 Bridgend CF 33, 31, 35, 32 1,983 Rhondda CF 40, 42-44 2,563 Islwyn NP 1, 3 177 East Carmarthen and Dinefwr SA 17-20, 31-33, 38-39, 44 1,530 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

4 April 2001

Reference

155642; 366 c209W;366 c209-10W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many former miners in the South Shields constituency have (a) claimed and (b) received payments in compensation for (i) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (ii) vibration white finger. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Lord Clark of Windermere (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 March 2001

Reference

153299; 365 c1W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

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...

Asked by

Alan W Williams (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 March 2001

For answer on

13 March 2001

Answered on

13 March 2001

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.

Date

13 March 2001

Reference

153379; 364 c548-9W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will exempt from compensation clawback those ex-miners who have received, or will receive, compensation for having contracted respiratory diseases as a result of their work with British Coal or its predecessor firms.

Asked by

Alasdair Morgan (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 March 2001

Reference

364 c458-9W; 146460

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many former miners in Warrington North have (a) claimed and (b) received payments in compensation for (i) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (ii) vibration white finger. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Helen Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 March 2001

Reference

152458; 364 c225W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many former miners in Erewash have (a) claimed and (b) received payments in compensation for (i) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (ii) vibration white finger. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Liz Blackman (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 March 2001

Reference

151651; 364 c136W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many ex-miners from (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster claiming compensation for chronic bronchitis and emphysema have died before their claims were fully processed. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Jeff Ennis (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 February 2001

Reference

149631; 363 c81W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many former miners in Amber Valley have (a) claimed and (b) received payments in compensation for chronic bronchitis and emphysema. - Includes figure.

Asked by

Judy Mallaber (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 February 2001

Reference

147389; 362 c252W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many ex-miners from (a) Scotland and (b) the UK claiming compensation for chronic bronchitis and emphysema have died before their claims were fully processed; and how many claims have been fully processed to date. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Alex Salmond (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 February 2001

Reference

148211; 362 c251-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many offers have been made between (a) 3,000 to 5,000, (b) 5,001 to 7,000, (c) 7,001 to 10,000 and (d) over 10,000 following the setting of revised financial limits under the Fast Track procedures of the emphysema and chronic...

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 January 2001

For answer on

24 January 2001

Answered on

24 January 2001

Mr. Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many offers have been made between (a) £3,000 to £5,000, (b) £5,001 to £7,000, (c) £7,001 to £10,000 and (d) over £10,000 following the setting of revised financial limits under the fast-track procedures of the emphysema and chronic bronchitis compensation scheme for ex-miners. [146574] Mrs. Liddell: Under the fast-track procedures I announced at the end of September last year, the Department has made 15,247 revised and new offers, totalling some £83.7 million. These are broken down as follows. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Offer amount Number of offers Less than £3,000 3,672 £3,001 to £5,000 4,588 £5,001 to £7,000 2,602 £7,001 to £10,000 2,776 Over £10,000 1,608 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In total, the Department has now made over 71,600 individual payments, including interim and full and final settlements, to claimants in respect of compensation for respiratory and vibration related diseases, totalling some £320 million. The Department is now paying out around £1 million per day in compensation.

Date

24 January 2001

Reference

361 c623-4W;361 c625-6W; 146574

House

House of Commons

MR JOHN ELLIOTT

That this House expresses its sympathy to Mrs Mary Elliott on the death of her husband who at the time of his death was registered as having 40 per cent. chronic bronchitis and emphysema; and further regrets that, whilst Mr John Elliott had been assessed two years previously as suffering...

Primary sponsor

Ronnie Campbell (Labour)

Type

Early day motions

Date

15 January 2001

Reference

201

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many compensation claims on behalf of coalminers suffering from respiratory disease, which cover interim the entitlement to compensation arising from the High Court judgement of January 1998, have been settled in full for general and special damages. - Inc...

Asked by

Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 January 2001

Reference

361 c11W; 144868

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many settlements have been made in each month and each area since January 2000 in respect of claims for (a) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (b) vibration white finger; and if he will make a statement. - Inc tables.

Asked by

John Cummings (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 December 2000

For answer on

11 January 2001

Answered on

11 January 2001

Mr. Cummings: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many settlements have been made in each month and each area since January 2000 in respect of claims for (a) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (b) vibration white finger; and if he will make a statement. [144295] Mrs. Liddell: Chronic bronchitis and emphysema claims settled (including denials) since January 2000 on a month by month basis, and by regional split, are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Region Wales Scotland Nottinghams Yorkshire North East North West Midlands South hire January 67 111 56 191 32 10 50 12 February 121 26 47 195 38 19 51 11 March 107 11 42 142 46 32 80 26 April 55 24 35 117 52 26 35 13 May 45 50 21 69 30 22 32 6 June 46 55 36 75 61 28 58 10 July 53 14 36 117 38 32 39 4 August 17 22 18 79 58 18 37 12 September 20 17 29 81 40 15 38 7 October 23 3 11 66 16 12 33 1 November 54 21 95 129 18 10 33 5 December 99 6 109 478 175 72 60 14 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The breakdown of vibration white finger claims settled (including denials) since January 2000 on a month by month basis, and by regional split, is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Region Wales Scotland Nottinghams Yorkshire North East North West Midlands South hire January 133 66 53 225 323 8 24 2 February 60 37 84 190 213 10 30 4 March 144 69 55 356 286 46 51 8 April 80 61 39 163 134 22 29 4 May 194 86 62 250 220 46 60 8 June 216 118 100 339 267 41 56 15 July 131 147 102 211 147 43 50 13 August 108 72 108 210 197 23 43 14 September 134 83 129 182 206 20 79 3 October 219 90 191 278 243 42 108 19 November 172 63 289 334 184 36 113 20 December 117 77 169 224 174 34 75 9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In total the Department has now made over 64,800 individual payments, including interim and full and final settlements, to claimants in respect of compensation for respiratory and vibration related diseases, totalling over £310 million. The Department continues to pay out around £1 million per day in compensation.

Date

11 January 2001

Reference

360 c590W;360 c592W; 144295

House

House of Commons

Lords debate on unstarred question on what progress has been made on compensation payments to miners and miners' widows for bronchitis and emphysema

Lords debate on unstarred question on what progress has been made on compensation payments to miners and miners' widows for bronchitis and emphysema.

Lead member

Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract

Answering member

Lord Sainsbury of Turville

Department

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Questions for short debate

Date

19 December 2000

Reference

620 c710-30

House

House of Lords

Librarians' tools

Type

House

Session

Year

Department

Member

Primary member

Answering member

Legislative stage

Legislation

Subject

Publisher