§ Mr. Peter RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons in Northern Ireland receive more than £100 per week in respect of invalidity benefit.
§ Mr. HanleyResponsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Social Security Agency under its chief executive, Mr. Alec Wylie, who wrote to the hon. Gentleman on 6 April.
Letter from Alec Wylie to Mr. Peter Robinson, dated 6 April 1993:
As I am responsible for Social Security operational matters your recent Parliamentary Question on the number of persons receiving more than £100.00 per week in respect of Invalidity Benefit has been passed to me for reply.
633WAt 1 April 1993 the number of people in Northern Ireland receiving more than £100.00 per week Invalidity Benefit was 8,559.
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