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<p>Dependants of silicosis sufferers who have died can claim compensation under the
<em>Pneumoconiosis</em> etc. (Workers' Compensation) <em>Act</em> 1979 scheme. Under
this scheme, the Department has paid £10,871 to dependants over the 17/18 and 18/19
financial years.</p><p> </p><p>Arrears of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
(IIDB) may also be claimed by the spouse or civil partner of a deceased sufferer of
silicosis. Information on the amount of IIDB paid to in these circumstances is not
immediately accessible, and would require the merging, filtering and quality assuring
of complex datasets, data on these claimants could only be provided at disproportionate
cost.</p>
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