§ Mr. IllsleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many war disability pensioners suffering from a wholly psychiatric disorder lost their incapacity benefit in each year from 1995 to 2002. [127952]
§ Maria EagleThe available information is in the table.
Incapacity Benefit (IB) claims ceasing where a War Pension had been payable due to a psychiatric disorder 1 Sep 1998 to 31 Aug 1999 — 1 Sep 1999 to 31 Aug 2000 200 1 Sep 2000 to 31 Aug 2001 100 1 Sep 2001 to 31 Aug 2002 100 Source:
DWP Information Centre, 5 per cent samples of the Incapacity Benefit and War Pensions computer systems.
Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred, and exclude a small number of cases held clerically.
2. Figures exclude IB claims ceasing due to an award of Retirement Pension.
3. Numbers are based on very few sample cases and are therefore subject to a high degree of sampling error and should be used as a guide to the current situation only.
4. War Pensions figures exclude cases which have been archived 18 months after cessation of the War Pension.
5. Information prior to 1998 is only available at disproportionate cost.
6. "—" indicates nil or negligible.