§ Mr. HendryTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make available statistics relating to the take-up of invalidity benefit by region.
§ Mr. ScottInformation is held on the number of recipients of invalidity benefit, by standard statistical region, which is in the table1.
Region Numbers Scotland 181,400 Wales 146,600 England Northern 126,300 Yorkshire and Humberside 124,500 East Midlands 74,200 East Anglia 28,800 South East 219,200 South Western 71,900 West Midlands 105,900 North Western 219,800 Overseas 7,400 Total 1,306,000 1 Information from a 1 per cent. sample of claimants as at 30 March 1991.