HC Deb 07 November 1989 vol 159 cc538-9W
Mr. Meacher

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have transferred from unemployment benefit to(a) sickness benefit, and (b) other benefits in each month since January 1987.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

I have been asked to reply.

Information is not collected in the form requested. An estimate of the number of spells of sickness and invalidity benefit which linked with a claim to unemployment benefit made in the previous eight weeks is shown in the table for each month from January 1987 to March 1988, the latest month for which statistics are available. Information is not available for other benefits.

Spells of SB/IVB linking with unemployment
Month commencing Number
5 January 1987 19,000
4 February 1987 21,000
6 March 1987 20,000
6 April 1987 16,000
6 May 1987 19,000
5 June 1987 19,000
6 July 1987 20,000
5 August 1987 21,000
4 September 1987 22,000
5 October 1987 25,000
4 November 1987 19,000
4 December 1987 14,000
4 January 1988 22,000
3 February 1988 21,000
4 March 1988 18,000

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