Miners' compensation payments reach £2.3bn mark

In answer to a parliamentary question, Trade and Industry Minister Nigel Griffiths has announced that former miners and their families have now received over £2.3 billion in compensation for respiratory disease and vibration white finger - the world's largest health compensation scheme.

Mr Griffiths said:

"In the past four years, as part of the largest health compensation scheme in the world, the British Government has paid more than £1.1bn to compensate more than 170,000 miners for injur... (83 more words)

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