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<p>With regards to the Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers Compensation) Act 1979, the Department
for Work and Pensions have advised that the information requested is not readily available
and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>For the Coal Workers
Pneumoconiosis Scheme 1974 (CWPS) the figures for posthumous claims received and paid,
and the reasons for the difference between the two are shown in the table below:</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Deceased</strong>
<strong>Claims Received</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Dec’d</strong>
<strong>Claims Paid</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Denials & Work
In Progress (WIP)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Duplicate Claim Denial</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Failed
Eligibility Denial</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nil Offer*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Work
In Progress/Withdrawn/</strong> <strong>Other Denial</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>*
Nil Offer – a claim under the 1979 Act resulted in a higher award than would have
been payable under the CWPS</em></p><p><em>N.B. Figures only available from July 2011
onwards when current claims handler took on the contract.</em></p>
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