§ Mr. Ellisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what benefits are paid to people engaged in a full-time occupation upon absence due to sickness and how these payments differ between those under 65 years of age and those over 65 years of age.
§ Mr. EnnalsPayments for incapacity for work are fiat-rate sickness benefit plus any earnings-related supplement to which the particular claimant may be entitled. From retirement age there is flat-rate sickness benefit of an amount equal to the flat-rate retirement pension to which the claimant would have been entitled if he had retired at that age.