HC Deb 11 January 1994 vol 235 cc28-9W
Mr. Hain

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of(a) the adult male population of working age, (b) the adult female population of working age and (c) the total population of working age receives (i) invalidity benefit, (ii) sickness benefit and (iii) industrial injuries benefit; and if he will provide a breakdown for each standard United Kingdom region.

Mr. Scott

The information for Great Britain is in the tables. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is responsible for Social Security statistics in Northern Ireland.

Table 3
Industrial injurious Disablement Benefit Pensions as a percentage of the adult working population
Region31 1Estimated total working population 2Total pensions Percentage of population 1Estimated male working population 2Male pensions age 16–64 Percentage of population 1Estimated female working population 2Female pensions age 16–59 Percentage of population
Great Britain4 34,576,000 124,000 0.36 18,117,000 109,000 0.60 16,459,000 15,000 0.09
England 29,678,000 101,000 0.34 15,566,000 88,000 0.57 14,112,000 13,000 0.09
Northern 1,884,000 14,000 0.73 987,000 12,000 1.25 897,000 1,000 0.16
Yorkshire and Humberside 3,056,000 11,000 0.37 1,609,000 10,000 0.65 1,447,000 1,000 0.06
East Midlands 2,492,000 10,000 0.40 1,312,000 9,000 0.68 1,180,000 1,000 0.08
East Anglia 1,265,000 4,000 0.29 669,000 3,000 0.45 596,000 1,000 0.11
South East 11,053,000 23,000 0.21 5,770,000 20,000 0.34 5,284,000 4,000 0.07
South Western 2,823,000 8,000 0.27 1,487,000 7,000 0.45 1,336,000 1,000 0.07
West Midlands 3,228,000 14,000 0.42 1,705,000 12,000 0.69 1,523,000 2,000 0.13
North Western 3,877,000 18,000 0.47 2,027,000 16,000 0.76 1,849,000 3,000 0.14
Scotland 3,174,000 12,000 0.37 1,646,000 11,000 0.66 1,527,000 1,000 0.06
Wales 1,724,000 9,000 0.53 904,000 8,000 0.89 820,000 1,000 0.12
1 The estimated resident working population at mid-1992, male 16–64, female 16–59 rounded to the nearest thousand.
Source: Population Estimates Unit, OPCS.
2 The number of Industrial Injuries Disablement pensions in payment at 4 April 1992 to people of working age. (A person can be in receipt of more than one Disablement pension).
Source: 10 per cent. sample of assessments in Great Britain with an allowance for late returns, rounded to the nearest thousand.
3 Standard Statistical Region.
4 The Great Britain Pensions include a number of overseas cases.