HC Deb 01 May 1991 vol 190 cc255-6W
Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people were receiving invalid care allowance at the last date for which figures are available; and if he will break down the figures by sex and standard age cohorts.

Mr. Scott

The information requested is in the table:

Invalid care allowance recipients at 2 January 1991
All figures rounded
Age Male Female
Under 20 140 430
20 to 24 430 2,600
25 to 29 790 8,380
30 to 34 1,200 14,280
35 to 39 1,800 15,440
40 to 44 2,630 17,140
45 to 49 3,020 14,970
50 to 54 3,670 15,050
55 to 59 4,930 15,570
60 to 64 5,010 6,230
65 and over 250
Total 133,910

Note: Any discrepancies due to rounding.

Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people were receiving invalidity benefit at the last date for which figures are available; and if he will break down the figures by sex and standard age cohorts.

Mr. Scott

The total number of people receiving invalidity benefit at 31 March 1990, the latest date for which information is available, was 1,208,900. The table shows a breakdown by sex and standard age bands.

Thousands
Age Men Women
All ages 916.8 292.1
Under 20 0.1 0.2
20 to 24 5.1 8.2
25 to 29 16.8 20.1
30 to 34 24.3 21.3
35 to 39 30.9 26.1
40 to 44 53.5 29.6
45 to 49 63.8 36.6

Age Men Women
50 to 54 108.2 53.6
55 to 59 171.3 67.3
60 to 64 266.2 29.1
65 and over 176.6

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