§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many claims were received for (a) sickness benefit and (b) industrial injuries benefit for the three months up to July 1981; and how these compare with the figures for each of the previous four quarters.
§ Mr. RossiInformation is not available in precisely the form requested since new claims to sickness and invalidity benefits are not counted separately. The available data are as follows: 179W
New Claims Quarter ending Sickness and Invalidity Benefit Industrial Injury Benefit 30 June 1981 1,737,578 111,900 31 March 1981 2,279,198 122,300 30 December 1980 2,097,570 121,100 30 September 1980 2,028,960 128,300 1 July 1980 2,268,180 135,100