§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people were in receipt of sickness benefit at the end of each month since April 1991.
§ Mr. BurtInformation is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available is in the table, and is obtained from a 100 per cent. count of cases by benefit offices at the end of each month, rounded to the nearest thousand. The figures include cases registered sick that are not receiving sickness benefit but are receiving income support and national insurance credits.
Date Sickness Benefit May 1991 433,000 June 1991 421,000 July 1991 431,000 August 1991 430,000 September1991 438,000 October 1991 434,000 November 1991 445,000 December 1991 449,000 January 1992 461,000 February 1992 474,000 March 1992 479,000 April 1992 465,000 May 1992 472,000 June 1992 472,000 July 1992 487,000 August 1992 489,000 September 1992 496,000 October 1992 505,000 November 1992 513,000 December 1992 521,000 January 1993 525,000 February 1993 535,000 March 1993 538,000 Note: These figures are derived from a physical count and may be subject to occasional revision.