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Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme: annual review 2015 to 2016

The second annual review of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (DMPS).

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Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme: annual review 2015/16

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This review of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (DMPS) covers the period 6 April 2015 to 5 April 2016 (the financial year 2015/16).

The review includes the recommendations of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme Oversight Committee.

We published the first DMPS annual review 2014 to 2015 in November 2015.

Published 29 November 2016
Last updated 27 January 2017 + show all updates
  1. Published a revised version with corrected figures. (1) The total amount of compensation paid in 2015-16 was £36.0 million, not £36.5 million. (2) This total includes £6.3 million Compensation Recoveries, so the total paid out to applicants was £29.7 million.

  2. First published.