§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (I) how many(a) men and (b) women opted to remain on invalidity benefit on reaching retirement age in the latest year for which figures are available; [17347]
(2) how many (a) men and (b) women over the age of retirement are in receipt of invalidity benefit at the latest date for which figures are available. [17346]
§ Mr. HagueThe available information is in the tables.
Table 1: The number of recipients who reached pension age in the year ending 3 April 1993 who opted to remain on invalidity
benefit and were receiving invalidity benefit on 3 April 1993
Gender Number Men 53,000 Women 14,000 Notes:
1. Based on a 1 per cent. sample of claims rounded to the nearest thousand.
2. The figures exclude people who reached pension age in the year ending 3 April 1993 but whose claim to invalidity benefit terminated before the end of that year.
Table 2: The number of people over retirement age receiving Invalidity Benefit on 3 April 1993 Gender Number Men 229,000 Women 53,000 Note:
Based on a 1 per cent. sample of claims rounded to the nearest thousand.