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HAVS news
10/07/2008
Vibration white finger claims in Wales approach £7m
The Wales Office Minister issued a statement last week that declared the payments for miners with vibration white finger had reached £185 million.
This, combined with payments for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, brings the amount paid out in Welsh compensation claim settlements to almost £700 million.
He said, "It is excellent news that across the UK over 2.2bn has been paid in damages to former miners. 91% of claims for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) have now been settled and over 1.6bn has been paid in damages for Vibration White Finger (VWF), with the vast majority of claims having been settled. "For Wales this means that over 110,000 claims have been settled with over 512 million for COPD and over 185 million for VWF paid out in compensation - bringing the total paid out in Wales to well over 697 million. "Our focus remains on settling claims fairly and swiftly. The department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform currently expect substantive completion of the VWF scheme in autumn 2008 and of the COPD scheme in autumn 2009 - on target and two years before the original expected end of the schemes. "This is the largest industrial compensation scheme of its kind - a huge undertaking for the UK including Wales. We owe these miners a huge debt of gratitude and I pay tribute to all those involved for their continued hard work and determination to ensure that miners and their families get the justice they deserve."
Vibration white finger is a form of Raynaud's disease, in which prolonged exposure to vibration leads to pain, pins and needles and blanching of the fingers on exposure to cold.
