§ Mr. ThurnhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants without dependent children during the year 1991–92 received(a) unemployment benefit, (b) statutory sick pay, (c) sickness benefit, (d) invalidity benefit, (e) severe disablement allowance, (f) widow's pension, (g) industrial injuries disablement benefit and (h) invalid care allowance, where no income support was also in payment.
§ Mr. ScottThe information is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available is in the tables.
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Table 1: 1991–92—Estimated numbers of people receiving benefits at any one time Benefit Recipients Unemployment Benefit 555,000 Statutory Sick Pay 330,000 Sickness Benefit 110,000
Benefit Recipients Invalidity Benefit 1,306,000 Severe Disablement Allowance 293,000 Widows' Pension 284,000 Industrial Disablement Benefit 200,000 Invalid Care Allowance 136,000
Table 2: 1991–92—Recipients of benefit where Income Support is also in payment. Benefit Recipients Unemployment Benefit 103,000 Statutory Sick Pay 7,000 Sickness Benefit 26,000 Invalidity Benefit 112,000 Severe Disablement Allowance 172,000 Widows' Pension 26,000 Industrial Disablement Injuries Benefit 12,000 Invalid Care Allowance 42,000 Sources:
Table 1—Surveys of benefits at March 1991; except unemployment benefit which relates to May 1991 and Statutory Sick Pay which is the 1991–92 estimate provided in the Departmental Report 1993.
Table 2—Income Support Annual Statistical Enquiry May 1991.
Notes:
1. The figures in Tables 1 and 2 have been rounded to the nearest thousand.
2., Table 2 shows the number of recipients of each benefit who also receive Income Support either as claimant or as a partner of an Income Support claimant.