Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 9 March 2017.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government for each year since the passing of the Mesothelioma Act 2014 (1) how much was raised through the provision in the Act to impose a levy on employers' insurers to provide compensation to sufferers from mesothelioma, (2) how much of that sum was paid out in compensation to sufferers from mesothelioma, and (3) what happened to any difference between the sum raised through the levy and the amount paid out in compensation.
A full report on the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (DMPS), including details on how the levy is estimated can be found in the Annual Review
1) The amount of the levy raised through the provision of Mesothelioma Act 2014 in respect of the DMPS is:
2) In 2014/15 a total of 24.2m was paid to successful applicants. In 2015/16 a total of £29.7m was paid to successful applicants. 2016/17 is not yet calculated.
3) The difference between the sum raised through the levy and the amount paid out to applicants in compensation is used in one of the following ways:
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