HC Deb 21 April 1994 vol 241 c619W
Mrs. Roche

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate he has made of how many claimants are expected to take up incapacity benefit within the Brighton borough council area from the introduction of the new benefit; and what he expects the total benefits bill to be for incapacity benefit for claimants within the Brighton borough council area in the year following the introduction of the new benefit.

Mr. Scott

Estimates of the number of people who will receive incapacity benefit, and total expenditure of the benefit, cannot reliably be broken down by local council area.