United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 90004
Industrial Diseases: Silica
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11 November 2025
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17 November 2025 · Answer
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17 November 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to improve data collection on occupational diseases linked to silica exposure.
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11 November 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to improve data collection on occupational diseases linked to silica exposure.
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17 November 2025
Answer
Clinical assessments of silicosis are being reported on the Surveillance of Work-related and Occupational Respiratory Disease (SWORD) database, which collects voluntary information from around 350 physicians of respiratory disease, including silicosis. Th...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-11/90004
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1851311
- uk · wq-1851311 · source updated 17 November 2025