HC Deb 01 March 1993 vol 220 cc43-4W
Mr. Thurnham

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants without dependent children during the year 1991–92 received(a) unemployment benefit, (b) statutory sick pay, (c) sickness benefit, (d) invalidity benefit, (e) severe disablement allowance, (f) widow's pension, (g) industrial injuries disablement benefit and (h) invalid care allowance, where no income support was also in payment.

Mr. Scott

The information is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available is in the tables.

Table 1: 1991–92—Estimated numbers of people receiving benefits at any one time
Benefit Recipients
Unemployment Benefit 555,000
Statutory Sick Pay 330,000
Sickness Benefit 110,000

Benefit Recipients
Invalidity Benefit 1,306,000
Severe Disablement Allowance 293,000
Widows' Pension 284,000
Industrial Disablement Benefit 200,000
Invalid Care Allowance 136,000

Table 2: 1991–92—Recipients of benefit where Income Support is also in payment.
Benefit Recipients
Unemployment Benefit 103,000
Statutory Sick Pay 7,000
Sickness Benefit 26,000
Invalidity Benefit 112,000
Severe Disablement Allowance 172,000
Widows' Pension 26,000
Industrial Disablement Injuries Benefit 12,000
Invalid Care Allowance 42,000

Sources:

Table 1—Surveys of benefits at March 1991; except unemployment benefit which relates to May 1991 and Statutory Sick Pay which is the 1991–92 estimate provided in the Departmental Report 1993.

Table 2—Income Support Annual Statistical Enquiry May 1991.

Notes:

1. The figures in Tables 1 and 2 have been rounded to the nearest thousand.

2., Table 2 shows the number of recipients of each benefit who also receive Income Support either as claimant or as a partner of an Income Support claimant.

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