§ Mr. Bestasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, for the last year for which figures are available, how many persons received invalidity benefit expressed both numerically and as a percentage of the total (a) after a return to work followed by a new spell of sickness within 13 weeks and (b) after a return to work followed by a new spell of sickness within six weeks.
§ Mr. PrenticeI regret that information in the form requested is not available. However, arrangements have been made to obtain details relating to the linking of spells of incapacity and, when these are available I shall write to my hon. Friend.