§ Mr. Ronnie CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is her estimate of the number of invalidity benefit recipients in Blyth Valley. [24028]
§ Mr. DenhamThe administration of Invalidity Benefit is a matter for Peter Mathison, Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to my hon. Friend.
Letter from Peter Mathison to Mr. Ronnie Campbell, dated 23 January 1998:
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the estimate of the number of invalidity Benefit (IVB) recipients in Blyth Valley.The information is not available in the format requested. IVB was replaced by Incapacity Benefit (IB) on 13 April 1995. The available information is shown in the table below:
Number of IB recipients in Blyth Valley at 31 August 1997 Number Short term (Lower) 200 Short term (Higher) 120 Long term 3,280 Total recipients 3,600 Notes:
1. Source 5 per cent. of the Incapacity Benefit computer system. This excludes a small number of clerically held cases.
2. The number of recipients of Incapacity Benefit include Incapacity Benefit Short Term (Lower) which replaced Sickness Benefit, Short Term (Higher) and Long Term which replaced Invalidity Benefit.
3. Data is provisional and subject to change.
I hope you find this reply helpful.
§ Mr. Ronnie CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in Blyth Valley are in receipt of disability living allowance. [23986]
§ Mr. DenhamThe administration of Disability Living Allowance is a matter for Peter Mathison, Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to my hon. Friend.
Letter from Peter Mathison to Mr. Ronnie Campbell, dated 23 January 1998:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to recent Parliamentary Question enquiring as to the number of people in Blyth Valley who are in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA).The number of people in receipt of DLA in Blyth Valley is 3,900, as at 30 November 1997. The figures are rounded to the nearest hundred and are based on a 5 per cent. sample which is subject to a wide margin of error.I hope you find the reply helpful.