§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many and what proportion of people in receipt of invalidity benefit are over pension age, giving figures separately for men and women; and how many of each sex would be entitled to a full basic pension.
§ Mr. ScottThe available information is in the table. Information about the number of invalidity benefit recipients over pension age who would be entitled to a full basic rate of retirement pension is not available, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Numbers receiving invalidity benefit on 30 March 1991 Men Women per cent. per cent. All recipients 976,000 100 330,000 100 Recipients over pension age 201,000 21 37,000 11 Notes: Based on a 1 per cent. sample of claimants, rounded to the nearest thousand; the latest date for which information is available is 30 March 1991.
§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in receipt of invalidity benefit receive dependency additions for(a) a male adult dependant, (b) a female adult dependant, (c) one child, (d) two children, (e) three children, (f) four children and (g) five or more children.
§ Mr. ScottThe information is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
Invalidity benefit recipients as at 30 March 1991 with dependency increases for: Number An adult dependant 418,000 One child dependant 50,000 Two child dependants 30,000 Three child dependants 13,000 Four child dependants 3,000 Five or more child dependants 3,000 Notes: Based on a 1 per cent. sample of claimants, rounded to the nearest thousand; the latest date for which information is available is 30 March 1991.
§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the distribution of invalidity benefit recipients by(a) age, (b) sex and (c) marital status.
§ Mr. ScottThe available information is in the table. Information about the marital status of male invalidity benefit recipients is not available.
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Invalidity Benefit recipients as at 30 March 1991 Age Men Married Women Other Women Under 20 1 1 1 20–24 6,000 3,000 4,000 25–29 18,000 14,000 7,000 30–34 27,000 14,000 9,000
Age Men Married Women Other Women 35–39 33,000 19,000 7,000 40–44 57,000 26,000 9,000 45–49 69,000 27,000 12,000 50–54 115,000 44,000 17,000 55–59 176,000 56,000 23,000 60–64 273,000 22,000 15,000 65 and over 201,000 (see note iii) (see note iii) Notes:
i. Based on 1 per cent. sample of claimants, rounded to the nearest thousand; the latest date for which information is available is 30 March 1991.
ii. 1equals a sample of less than 500.
iii. Women over age 65 are not entitled to invalidity benefit.