HC Deb 21 March 1994 vol 240 cc6-7W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the totals of claimants receiving invalidity benefit in(a) Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) England in each of the last 15 years.

Mr. Scott

The available information is in the table.

Invalidity Benefit recipients1
Date England Scotland Wales
2 June 19792 465,000 76,000 69,000
31 May 1980 464,000 78,000 67,000
30 May 1981 468,000 88,000 71,000
29 May 1982 504,000 95,000 79,000
2 April 1983 542,000 102,000 87,000
31 March 1984 581,000 110,000 98,000
30 March 1985 618,000 116,000 108,000
Date England Scotland Wales
5 April 1986 654,000 125,000 112,000
4 April 1987 704,000 135,000 122,000
2 April 1988 767,000 147,000 127,000
1 April 1989 829,000 158,000 132,000
31 March 1990 895,000 169,000 137,000
30 March 1991 971,000 181,000 147,000
4 April 1992 1,072,000 200,000 159,000
1 Based on a 1 per cent. sample of claimants in Great Britain, rounded to the nearest thousand.
2 A breakdown of recipients by standard statistical region is only available from 1980. Figures for 1979 include a small number of people claiming but not receiving benefit.

Mr. Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people received invalidity benefit following an award of non-contributory sickness benefit(a) between April 1992 and April 1993, (b) since April 1993 and (c) in total since April 1983.

Mr. Scott

[pursuant to his reply, 25 January 1994, c. 188–89]: The figures of 4,000 in the period 2 April 1990 to 31 March 1991 and 1,000 in the period 1 April 1991 to 4 April 1992 should read 3,000 and 2,000 respectively.