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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: The number of claimants under the vibration white finger scheme (VWF) who were awarded compensation of £3,000 or less, broken down by payments as requested above is shown in the table below as at 8 February 2009.
The average costs paid to the claimants' representatives for VWF claims is £1,402.
| Total Damages | VWF |
Asked by Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average sum in compensation awarded in the British Coal respiratory disease litigation to claimants represented by (a) Beresfords Solicitors LLP; (b) Wake Smith; (c) Ashton Morton Slack LLP; (d) Moss Solicitors LLP; (e) Corries York; (f) Browell Smith; (g) Mark Gilbert Morse; (h) Avalon Solicitors; (i) BRM Solicitors; (j) Atteys; (k) Simpson Millar; (l) Oxley & Coward; (m) The Union of Democratic Mineworkers and its claims company, Vendside Limited; (n) Gorman Hamilton; (o) Delta Legal; (p) TLW Solicitors; and (q) Barber & Co. [HL1514]
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: The average compensation payment made under the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) scheme to claimants represented as listed above is shown in the table below as at 8 February 2009.
| Claimants' Representatives | COPD (£) |
Asked by Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average sum in compensation awarded in the British Coal vibration white finger litigation to claimants represented by (a) Beresfords Solicitors LLP; (b) Wake Smith; (c) Ashton Morton Slack LLP; (d) Moss Solicitors LLP; (e) Corries York; (f) Browell Smith; (g) Mark Gilbert Morse; (h) Avalon Solicitors; (i) BRM Solicitors; (j) Atteys; (k) Simpson Millar; (l) Oxley & Coward; (m) The Union of Democratic Mineworkers and its claims company, Vendside Limited; (n) Gorman Hamilton; (o) Delta Legal; (p) TLW Solicitors; and (q) Barber & Co. [HL1515]
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: The average compensation payment made under the vibration white finger (VWF) scheme to claimants represented as listed above is shown in the table below as at 8 February 2009.
| Claimants' Representatives | VWF (£) |
Asked by Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total amount of deductions made from compensation awarded to claimants in the British Coal respiratory disease litigation and paid over to the National Union of Mineworkers by (a) Thompsons Solicitors; (b) Raleys Solicitors; and (c) Graysons Solicitors. [HL1516]
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: We do not have the information regarding deductions made from compensation as the department is not party to any agreement between claimants and their representatives.
Asked by Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total amount of deductions made from compensation awarded to claimants in the British Coal vibration white finger litigation and paid over to the National Union of Mineworkers by (a) Thompsons Solicitors; (b) Raleys Solicitors; and (c) Graysons Solicitors. [HL1517]
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: We do not have the information regarding deductions made from compensation as the department is not party to any agreement between claimants and their representatives.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Question
Asked by Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether data on non-fatal carbon monoxide poisoning are centrally collated. [HL1564]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Darzi of Denham): Data on non-fatal cases of carbon monoxide poisoning are not centrally collated.
While data on hospital admissions for treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning are centrally collated, these do not include patients who are not admitted to hospital having been treated by their general practitioner or other staff.
Civil Service: Bonuses
Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was spent on bonuses for members of the civil service in the last financial year; and what is the estimate for the current financial year. [HL1434]
Lord Patel of Bradford: Under the delegated pay arrangements for staff outside the Senior Civil Service (SCS), departments and agencies must have reward systems that include a close and effective link between pay and performance. Detailed information on performance payments is not collected centrally, but data that are held indicate that the cost is approximately 1 per cent of the total pay bill.
For the SCS, performance payments are used to incentivise staff to deliver business objectives successfully. Reward arrangements for the SCS, including the size of the non-consolidated performance pay pot, are based on the recommendations of the independent Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB). In 2007-08, 7.6 per cent of the SCS pay bill was available as non-consolidated payments. Only 7.1 per cent of the
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Civil Service: Salaries
Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants are currently paid in excess of (a) £100,000, and (b) £200,000 per annum. [HL824]
Lord Patel of Bradford: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply to the noble Lord.
Letter from Dennis Roberts,Director, Surveys and Administrative Sources Directorate, Office for National Statistics, dated January 2009 to Lord Ouseley.
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning how many civil servants are currently paid in excess of (a) £100,000 and (b) £200,000 per annum. I am replying in her absence. (HL824.)
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