§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing the number and percentage of invalidity benefit recipients who are in receipt of other sources of income by source and average amount of such other income.
§ Mr. ScottInformation on the number of invalidity benefit recipients who are in receipt of other sources of income is not available. Estimates of the percentage of invalidity benefit recipients who are in receipt of other sources of income and the average amount of such income are in the table.
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Source Percentage of invalidity benefit recipients Average amount per week1£ Investment 52 18 Occupational pensions 38 60 Non income-related benefits (exc. Invalidity benefit)2 78 11 Community Charge and Housing Benefits3 37 17 Income Support and family credit3 7 40
Source Percentage of invalidity benefit recipients Average amount per week1£ Net earnings4 8 37 Other5 7 13 Source: 1990 and 1991 Family Expenditure Surveys
Notes:
1 January 1991 prices.
2 Christmas bonus, child benefit, industrial injuries disablement pension, invalidity care allowance, disability living allowance, attendance allowance, war disablement pension.
3 Figures relate to "benefit units" rather than to individuals. Benefit units containing two invalidity benefit recipients are counted twice.
4 Average is "inflated" by a small number who receive payments from former employers.
5 Children's income, income-in-kind, income from absent spouse etc.