HC Deb 21 June 1993 vol 227 cc67-8W
Mr. Boateng

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many claimants of invalidity benefit in each constituency in the London borough of Brent are aged to(a) 18 to 30 years, (b) 31 to 40 years, (c) 41 to 50 years and (d) 51 to 65 years;

(2) how many claimants of invalidty benefit there were in (a) the London borough of Brent and (b) the Brent, South parliamentary constituency at the latest available date.

Mr. Scott

I understand from Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency, that the information requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many male and female claimants of invalidity benefit there were in Pendle in each year since 1990.

Mr. Scott

I understand from Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency, that the information requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants of invalidity benefit in Pendle are aged(a) 18–30 years, (b) 31–40 years, (c) 41–50 years and (d) 51–65 years.

Mr. Scott

I understand from Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency, that the information requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people currently in residential care are in receipt of invalidity benefit.

Mr. Scott

The information requested is not available.

Mr. Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the proportion of registered disabled persons currently in receipt of invalidity benefit.

Mr. Scott

The information requested is not available.

Mr. Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people were in receipt of(a) invalidity pension and (b) invalidity allowance for each year since 1979.

Mr. Scott

The information is in the table.

Numbers receiving invalidity pension and invalidity allowance
Date Invalidity pension Invalidity allowance
2 June 1979 609,900 505,100
31 May 1980 614,500 512,100
30 May 1981 632,600 533,000
29 May 1982 683,100 575,400
2 April 1983 736,800 364,000
31 March 1984 797,000 665,500
30 March 1985 848,900 708,200
5 April 1986 899,200 516,400
4 April 1987 967,900 508,400
2 April 1988 1,047,500 509,100
1 April 1989 1,126,000 518,100
31 March 1990 1,208,900 523,300
30 March 1991 1,306,000 534,600

Notes:

1. Based on a 1 per cent. sample of claimants; the latest date for which information is available is 30 March 1991.

2. The estimated average number of people receiving invalidity benefit at any one time during 1992–93 is 1,490,000 (source: departmental report).

Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give for each benefit office the number of claimants in receipt of invalidity benefit in May 1979 and at the most recent date for which figures are available.

Mr. Scott

I understand from Mr. Michael Bichard the chief executive of the Benefits Agency, that the information is not available.