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<p>Information is collected on the number of personal injury claims made in the courts
overall but it is not broken down between individual types of injury or disease. Statistics
recording the number of civil compensation claims made in mesothelioma cases or of
the awards or settlements resulting from them are not available.</p><p>In line with
commitments made during the passage of the Mesothelioma Bill, the Department for Work
and Pensions, which has responsibility for the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme
(DMPS), intends to review the DMPS payment tariffs in due course to ensure payments
made under the Scheme are maintained at an appropriate level.</p><p> </p>
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