HC Deb 30 June 1993 vol 227 cc512-3W
Mr. Dewar

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many and what proportion of people in receipt of invalidity benefit receive an additional pension; and if he will publish figures showing(a) the average weekly additional pension in payment and (b) the distribution of recipients rising in increments of £1, giving figures separately for men and women.

3. Mr. Scott

The latest information available is in the table.

All persons Males Females
Number in receipt of IVB 1,306,000 976,000 330,000
Number where AP in payment 1,085,000 817,000 268,000
Percentage in receipt of AP 83.1 83.7 81.2
Average AP in payment £11.08 £12.48 6.79
AP up to £1 147,000 97,000 49,000
AP £1.01 to £2 108,000 71,000 38,000
AP £2.01 to £3 81,000 53,000 28,000
AP £3.01 to £4 62,000 38,000 23,000
AP £4.01 to £5 44,000 30,000 14,000
AP £5.01 to £6 41,000 28,000 14,000
AP £6.01 to £7 37,000 25,000 12,000
AP £7.0l to £8 35,000 25,000 10,000
AP £8.01 to £9 34,000 23,000 11,000
AP £9.01 to £10 33,000 25,000 8,000
AP £10.01 to £11 29,000 21,000 7,000
AP £11.01 to £12 28,000 22,000 6,000
AP £12.01 to £13 27,000 22,000 5,000
AP £13.01 to £14 29,000 23,000 6,000
AP £14.01 to £15 25,000 21,000 4,000
AP £15.01 to £16 23,000 18,000 5,000
AP £16.01 to £17 22,000 20,000 2,000
AP £17.01 to £18 21,000 18,000 3,000
AP £18.01 to £19 22,000 20,000 2,000
AP £19.01 to £20 20,000 18,000 2,000
AP £20.01 to £21 15,000 14,000 1,000
AP £21.01 to £22 19,000 16,000 2,000
AP £22.01 to £23 17,000 15,000 1.000
AP £23.01 to £24 15,000 14,000 1,000
AP £24.01 to £25 16,000 15,000 1,000
AP £25.01 to £26 12,000 11,000 1,000
AP £26.01 to £27 13,000 12,000 1,000
AP £27.01 to £28 14,000 13,000 1,000
AP £28.01 to £29 12,000 11,000 1,000
AP £29.01 to £30 8,000 7,000 1,000
AP £30.01 to £31 10,000 10,000 1,000
AP £31.01 to £32 9,000 8,000 1,000
AP £32.01 to £33 8,000 7,000 1,000
AP £33.01 to £34 8,000 7,000 1,000
AP £34.01 to £35 4,000 3,000 *
AP £35.01 to £36 5,000 5,000 *
AP £36.01 to £37 5,000 4,000 1,000
AP £37.01 to £38 4,000 3,000 *
AP £38.01 to £39 5,000 4,000 *
AP £39.01 to £40 2,000 2,000 *
AP £40.01 to £41 3,000 3,000 *
AP £41.01 to £42 3,000 3,000 *
AP £42.01 to £43 3,000 2,000 *
AP £43.01 to £44 3,000 3,000 *
AP £44.01 to £45 1,000 1,000 *
AP £45.01 to £46 2,000 1,000 *

All persons Males Females
AP £46.01 to £47 1,000 1,000 *
A P £47.01 to £48 2,000 2,000 *
AP £48.01 to £49 3,000 2,000 *
AP £49.01 to £50 * * *
AP £50.01 and over * * *

Notes:

1. Figures based on a I per cent. sample of Incapacity Benefit claimants at 30 March 1991.

2. Figures rounded to the nearest thousand.

*Indicates less than 500.

4. IVB = Invalidity Benefit.

AP = Additional Pension.