§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants of non-contributory sickness benefit are people with industrial injuries.
§ Mr. HagueThe number of sickness benefit claimants whose incapacity is the result of an industrial injury or a prescribed industrial disease who did not satisfy the contribution conditions and are in receipt of benefit is 1,000.
Source:
One per cent. sample of claimants in Great Britain at 3 April 1993 rounded to the nearest thousand.