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1022850

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	Mesothelioma: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) whether the number of civil compensation awards in mesothelioma cases have increased, and (2) whether such awards provide funds for diverse treatments that are not available on the NHS; and whether they intend to review the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme to ensure that it provides a similar level of awards and treatment options.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL12126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <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> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 19/12/2018 17:18:12 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1020036

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
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	Mesothelioma: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to increase tariff payments from the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme in line with the Consumer Price Index; if so, when; and whether they intend to conduct a review of that Scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL12012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>When the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (DMPS) was introduced in 2014 the payment tariffs were based on 80 percent of the average damages awarded in the civil courts. This amount was increased to 100 percent in 2015</p><p>This increase is far greater than if increases had been made in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI). For example, the highest DMPS payment for those aged 40 or under in 2014 was £216,896 and this was increased to £271,120 in 2015, and the lowest payment for those aged 90 or over increased from £69,649 to £87,061</p><p> </p><p>Information about the value of court awards or out of court settlements in Diffuse Mesothelioma cases in the past three years is not available. The <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269880/research-report-858.pdf" target="_blank">'Study into average civil compensation in mesothelioma cases'</a>, published in 2014, estimated average (mean) civil compensation at £153,531 (in 2012 prices). The average payment under the DMPS for each of the last three years is £135,000, £141,000 and £145,000 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>In line with commitments made during the passage of the Mesothelioma Bill, the intention is to review the payment tariffs, in due course, to ensure payments made under the Scheme are maintained at the appropriate level.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL12013 question first answered 17/12/2018 15:36:49 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name Research Report - HL12012 & HL12013.pdf title Research Report 2014
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1020037

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
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	Mesothelioma: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount claimants to the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme receive compared to those with mesothelioma who successfully pursued civil claims; whether the difference in those amounts has increased in the past three years; and whether they will publish details of the average pay-out variations between the Scheme and civil claims.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL12013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>When the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (DMPS) was introduced in 2014 the payment tariffs were based on 80 percent of the average damages awarded in the civil courts. This amount was increased to 100 percent in 2015</p><p>This increase is far greater than if increases had been made in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI). For example, the highest DMPS payment for those aged 40 or under in 2014 was £216,896 and this was increased to £271,120 in 2015, and the lowest payment for those aged 90 or over increased from £69,649 to £87,061</p><p> </p><p>Information about the value of court awards or out of court settlements in Diffuse Mesothelioma cases in the past three years is not available. The <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269880/research-report-858.pdf" target="_blank">'Study into average civil compensation in mesothelioma cases'</a>, published in 2014, estimated average (mean) civil compensation at £153,531 (in 2012 prices). The average payment under the DMPS for each of the last three years is £135,000, £141,000 and £145,000 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>In line with commitments made during the passage of the Mesothelioma Bill, the intention is to review the payment tariffs, in due course, to ensure payments made under the Scheme are maintained at the appropriate level.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL12012 question first answered 17/12/2018 15:36:49 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name Research Report - HL12012 & HL12013.pdf title Research Report 2014
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

837461

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Mesothelioma: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the gross working premium of insurers which was required to fund the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payments Scheme in (a) 2014-15 (b) 2015-16 (c) 2016-17 and (d) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	126580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payments Scheme levy as a proportion of the employers’ liability gross written premium for the years specified is estimated as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2014/15 - <strong>2.2% </strong></p><p>2015/16 - <strong>1.5%</strong></p><p>2016/17 - <strong>2.5%</strong></p><p>2017/18 - <strong>2.1%.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>The levy year is based on a fiscal year whereas the gross written premium (GWP) is based on the calendar year.</p><p>The proportions quoted above use the most recently available GWP data in any one year. Due to the time taken to collect and verify this data, the GWP figure used to calculate the proportion the levy represents will be two years old.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/02/2018 12:24:40 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

825557

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Mesothelioma: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to introduce proposals to up-rate by the rate of inflation payments made by the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme in the 2018-19 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	123691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The 2008 Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payment Scheme will be uprated from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018. This will be in line with the September CPI rate. The statutory instruments to make this change were laid in Parliament on 15<sup>th</sup> January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/01/2018 17:01:24 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

710029

registered interest
date	10/03/2017
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	Mesothelioma: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 9 March (HL5606), how much of the levy raised under the Mesothelioma Act 2014 for the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme in (1) 2014–15, and (2) 2015–16, was spent on (a) compensation, (b) payments to the scheme administrator, and (c) accounting for a deficit or surplus from previous years.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL5984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>In 2014–15, the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (DMPS):</p><p>(a) Paid £24.2m to successful applicants;</p><p>(b) Paid £140,000 to the scheme administrator to administer the scheme, and;</p><p>(c) There was no deficit or surplus from previous years.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015–16 the DMPS:</p><p>(a) Paid £29.7m to successful applicants;</p><p>(b) Paid £160,000 to the scheme administrator to administer the scheme, and;</p><p>(c) The 2015-16 levy calculation reflected an over-levy of £7.8m from the previous year.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 22/03/2017 13:21:30 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

708626

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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	Mesothelioma: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has produced updated estimates of the (a) annual and (b) total number of (i) applicants to and (ii) costs of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme for 2014 to 2024, since changes made to that scheme from February 2015.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	66649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not produce projected estimates for the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme. The latest report on the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (DMPS) including costs, are produced in the annual review, which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-annual-review-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-annual-review-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>An earlier report can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-annual-review-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-annual-review-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department also produces bi-annual statistics showing the actual number of applicants. The latest publication can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/03/2017 13:46:30 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

694332

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
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	Mesothelioma: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	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.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL5606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>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</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-annual-review-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-annual-review-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>1) The amount of the levy raised through the provision of Mesothelioma Act 2014 in respect of the DMPS is:</p><ul><li>2014/15 = £32m</li><li>2015/16 = £23.2m</li><li>2016/17 = £40.4m (Eligible insurers notified January 2017)</li></ul><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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:</p><ul><li>To repay as compensation recoveries (the amount is determined by the Department’s Compensation Recovery Unit);</li><li>To pay a scheme administrator;</li><li>Any balance is accounted for as either an under or over levy for successive year’s estimated levy amount.</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 09/03/2017 15:15:19 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

625843

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Mesothelioma: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the proposal by Companies House to change the policy of retention of dissolved company records from 20 years to six years will affect the ability of those who have contracted mesothelioma to seek to bring claims for compensation against their former employers and companies which have dissolved before the claimants' diagnosis.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL2862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to bring forward proposals to reduce the period of time that Companies House retains records of dissolved companies.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to keep the retention period under review. Any future proposal to change the retention period would be subject to public consultation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL2863 question first answered 14/11/2016 15:58:45 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

625844

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Mesothelioma: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions have taken place with the Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK, the British Lung Foundation and other relevant bodies regarding the proposal by Companies House to change the policy of retention of dissolved company records from 20 years to six years.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL2863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to bring forward proposals to reduce the period of time that Companies House retains records of dissolved companies.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to keep the retention period under review. Any future proposal to change the retention period would be subject to public consultation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL2862 question first answered 14/11/2016 15:58:46 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg