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1174301

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date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Asbestos: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the equalisation of payments made to people with asbestos-related diseases and their dependants under the Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	9778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>The 1979 Act and 2008 Act schemes were designed to pay those who suffer from eligible diseases at a higher rate than is paid to their dependents. It is right that available funding is prioritised where it is needed most, that is to people living with these diseases.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 9779 question first answered 06/02/2020 11:25:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1174302

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Asbestos: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made on the equalisation of payments under the 2008 Diffuse Mesothelioma Scheme to people suffering from asbestos-related diseases and their dependents.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	9779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>The 1979 Act and 2008 Act schemes were designed to pay those who suffer from eligible diseases at a higher rate than is paid to their dependents. It is right that available funding is prioritised where it is needed most, that is to people living with these diseases.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 9778 question first answered 06/02/2020 11:25:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan