§ Mr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people have been registered as long-term off work due to sickness in the United Kingdom in March, June, September and December for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. ScottInformation is not available in the form requested. The numbers of people who were sick for at least 28 weeks and were in receipt of invalidity benefit at the end of the statistical periods of the last 10 available years is shown in the table.
Date Number Great Britain 4 June 1977 506,550 3 June 1978 559,250 2 June 1979 611,000 31 May 1980 615,000 30 May 1981 632,975 29 May 1982 683,507 2 April 1983 736,914 31 March 1984 797,400 30 March 1985 849,300 5 April 1986 899,400 Northern Ireland 31 May 1977 26,065 31 May 1978 26,190 31 May 1979 29,330 31 May 1980 30,415 31 May 1981 27,415 31 May 1982 30,530 5 April 1983 33,935 5 April 1984 35,160 5 April 1985 36,425 5 April 1986 38,110