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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent on the coal health compensation schemes; and what percentage of the total has gone to (a) claimants, (b) solicitors and (c) other organisations, with specific reference to (i) IRISC, (ii) Healthcall, (iii) Schlumberga Senna and...

Asked by

Jeff Ennis (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 January 2003

Reference

88285; 397 c147W

House

House of Commons

Sainsbury of Turville, Lord

In respect of mineworkers respiratory claims, whether the contract between the Dept of Trade and Industry and Healthcall, which expires on 1 November 2002 (subject of 12 months extension) was formally re-tendered; and if not, why not. [HL 5330].

Asked by

Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 July 2002

Reference

HL 5330; 638 c116WA

House

House of Lords

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been paid by her Department in coal health claims for (a) occupational respiratory disease and (b) vibration white finger in fees and other charges to (i) her Department's legal advisers and counsel, (ii) her Department's claim handlers,...

Asked by

Rachel Squire (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 May 2002

For answer on

9 May 2002

Answered on

9 May 2002

Rachel Squire: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much has been paid by her Department in coal health claims for (a) occupational respiratory disease and (b) vibration white finger in fees and other charges to (i) her Department's legal advisers and counsel, (ii) her Department's claim handlers, (iii) the medical service providers (A) Healthcall Ltd. and (B) SEMA, (iv) external and seconded consultants, (v) other contractors and (vi) claimants' solicitors, in the period up to 31 December 1997 and in each subsequent year. [54839] Mr. Wilson: The Department is unable to provide figures relating to contractors' fees, as the details of these payments remain commercially confidential. Figures for the period prior to 1 April 1999 are not available in time allowed. However, from 1 April 1999 to 31 December 2001 the Department has paid out the following on administrative costs (medical, records collection, defendant legal and claims handling costs) broken down by financial year and scheme: £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial Year Respiratory disease Vibration white finger 1999-2000 4.6 1.1 2000-01 19 8.4 April to December 2001 43.8 5.6 Total from April 1999 to December 2001 67.4 15.1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The cost of administrative expenses for the Department on this work cannot be separately identified.

Date

9 May 2002

Reference

54839; 385 c281W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answers of 11th March, Official Report, 381 c671W and 10th April, 383 c369W, what penalties have been levied on Healthcall for (a) failure to provide reports fit for purpose and (b) reports delivered beyond 28 days targets.

Asked by

Mark Todd (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 April 2002

Reference

49328; 383 c936W;383 c934W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 11th March 2002, 381 c671W, on miners' compensation, what performance and quality targets are given to Healthcall to secure delivery of accurate reports within acceptable time scales. - Including figures.

Asked by

Mark Todd (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2002

Reference

48035; 383 c369W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of reports prepared by Healthcall in 2001 on former mineworkers' compensation claims for respiratory disease were (a) returned by the claim handlers and (b) returned by solicitors representing claimants, identifying errors. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Mark Todd (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 March 2002

Reference

41752; 381 c671W

House

House of Commons

Sainsbury of Turville, Lord

Considering the Healthcall, one of the two contractors to the Dept of Trade and industry, was recently subject to acquisition by another Company, Nestor Healthcare Group plc, and the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry decided not to refer that acquisition to the Office of Fair Trading, whether any...

Asked by

Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 November 2001

Reference

HL 1342; 629 c50WA

House

House of Lords

Sainsbury of Turville, Lord

Whether they will provide a full breakdown of their costs and expenses in connection with miners' respiratory claims, since Mr Justice Turner's judgment of January 1998, particularised between administrative expenses, legal costs, departmental funding and sums paid out to the Department of Trade and Industry's two principal contractors, AON-IRISC and...

Asked by

Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 November 2001

Reference

HL 1365; 629 c25-6WA

House

House of Lords

Sainsbury of Turville, Lord

Whether they will agree to the disclosure of contracts in respect of the Department of Trade and Industry's respiratory disease contracts with AON-IRISC and Healthcall. [HL 1341].

Asked by

Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 November 2001

Reference

HL 1341; 628 c158WA

House

House of Lords

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) medical examinations by doctors and (b) screening tests by nurses were carried out at Healthcall's Screening Centre at Grosvenor Road in Wrexham in each month between June and September inclusive. - Inc table (holding answer 23 October...

Asked by

Ian Lucas (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

16 October 2001

For answer on

6 November 2001

Answered on

6 November 2001

Ian Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many (a) medical examinations by doctors and (b) screening tests by nurses were carried out at Healthcall's screening centre at Grosvenor road in Wrexham in each month between June and September inclusive. [8711] Mr. Wilson: [holding answer 23 October 2001]: The number of screening spirometry tests completed at Wrexham test centre each month, from June to September inclusive was: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 2001 June 3 July 20 August 0 September 22 Total tested at Wrexham at end September 480 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The number of medical assessments completed at Wrexham test centre each month was: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 2001 June 3 July 6 August 6 September 11 Total tested at Wrexham at end September 197 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

6 November 2001

Reference

8711; 374 c164W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many respiratory specialists work on the medical assessment process for compensating former miners. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Shaun Woodward (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 July 2001

Reference

5447; 372 c591W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the length of the contractual agreement is between his Department and Healthcall Ltd in respect of their work in the medical assessment of ex-miners; when the contract will terminate; and if the contract will be re-tendered if the compensation...

Asked by

Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2001

Reference

157582; 366 c509W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations (a) he has made to Healthcall Ltd and (b) he has received from other organisations, concerning the fee paid to consultants by Healthcall Ltd for the medical assessment of ex-miners.

Asked by

Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 April 2001

Reference

157581; 366 c420W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

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 30th October 2000. - Includes tables. (Holding answer 27 March 2001).

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

9 April 2001

Answered on

9 April 2001

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.

Date

9 April 2001

Reference

155641; 366 c421W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Secretary of State for Wales;Welsh Grand Committee

Answered by

Lord Murphy of Torfaen (Labour)

Answering body

Welsh Grand Committee

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

12 March 2001

Reference

WGC c9-10

House

House of Commons

Office of the Secretary of State for Wales;Welsh Grand Committee

Answered by

Lord Murphy of Torfaen (Labour)

Answering body

Welsh Grand Committee

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

12 March 2001

Reference

WGC c9-10

House

House of Commons

Office of the Secretary of State for Wales;Welsh Grand Committee

1st supplementary on the availability of consultants to carry out assessments.

Asked by

Alan W Williams (Labour)

Answering body

Welsh Grand Committee

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

12 March 2001

Reference

WGC c9-10

House

House of Commons

Office of the Secretary of State for Wales;Welsh Grand Committee

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, When the Welsh monitoring group on miners' compensation last met; and if he will make a statement. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Alan W Williams (Labour)

Answering body

Welsh Grand Committee

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

12 March 2001

Reference

WGC c9-10; 152758

House

House of Commons

Annual report of the Health Service Ombudsman for 1999/2000. Minutes of evidence 28 March 2001.

Type

House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Public Administration Select Committee

Date

28 February 2001

Reference

HC 63-ii 2000/01

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to improve access for ex-miners in Somerset to the Medical Assessment Process from a centre nearer to the area; what provision has been made to enable ex-miners in Somerset to access the Medical Assessment Process from...

Asked by

Dan Norris (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 November 2000

Reference

356 c15W; 136459;136460

House

House of Commons

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