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Teachers: Mesothelioma

Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN HL3075, tabled on 13 October 2021

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many deaths caused by mesothelioma were recorded for (1) teachers, and (2) teaching support staff, in England in each year between 2017 and 2020.

Answered on

29 October 2021

The number of mesothelioma deaths occurring in England in each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 (the latest year for which figures are available) where the last occupation of the deceased was recorded as a teacher or member of teaching support staff is shown in the table below.

The figures include only deaths occurring at ages below 75 years, those ages for which occupation is reliably recorded on death certificates in England. These deaths will be largely due to past asbestos exposures which occurred before the tightening of controls.

2017

2018

2019

Teachers

24

18

13

Teaching Support Staff

4

2

0

Note: “Teachers” includes all deaths where the last occupation was given as Standard Occupational Classification 2010 minor group code 231: Teaching and Educational Professionals; “Teaching support staff” includes those with unit group codes 6125: Teaching assistants, and 6126: Educational support assistants.