United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 3639
Pleural Plaques: Compensation
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22 October 2019
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30 October 2019 · Answer
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30 October 2019
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to re-establish the right to compensation for people in England and Wales who developed pleural plaques as a result of exposure to asbestos.
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22 October 2019
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to re-establish the right to compensation for people in England and Wales who developed pleural plaques as a result of exposure to asbestos.
Source: Commons
30 October 2019
Answer
The Government has no plans to reopen the pleural plaques compensation scheme, which operated between 2 August 2010 and 1 August 2011. The scheme operated as an extra-statutory one, making £5000 payments on an ex-gratia basis to applicants who fulfilled t...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2019-10-22/3639
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1151372
- uk · wq-1151372 · source updated 30 October 2019