Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has produced updated estimates of the (a) annual and (b) total number of (i) applicants to and (ii) costs of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme for 2014 to 2024, since changes made to that scheme from February 2015.

The Department does not produce projected estimates for the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme. The latest report on the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (DMPS) including costs, are produced in the annual review, which can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-annual-review-2015-to-2016

An earlier report can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-annual-review-2014-to-2015

The Department also produces bi-annual statistics showing the actual number of applicants. The latest publication can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-statistics