Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2014 to Quesiton 211231, how many applications received under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payments scheme were from people diagnosed (a) between 25 July 2012 and 31 March 2014 and (b) after 1 April 2014.

Up to and including 30 September 2014:

a) 141 applications were received from people diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma between 25 July 2012 and 31 March 2014.

b) 25 applications were received from people diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma after 1 April 2014.

The remaining 7 applications of the 173 received on or before 30 September 2014 were submitted by people diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma before 25 July 2012.