Trade and Industry written question – answered at on 22 March 2005.
David Hamilton
Labour, Midlothian
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people in Midlothian were paid compensation under the Coal Industry Pneumoconiosis Compensation Scheme in (a) 2003 and (b) 2004.
Nigel Griffiths
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry
In 2003, 10 people in Midlothian were paid compensation under the Coal Industry Pneumoconiosis Scheme and in 2004, three people in Midlothian were paid compensation under the scheme and 3,292 individual payments worth £20.5 million were made in Midlothian under the Chronic Obstruction Pulmonary Disease scheme.
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