HC Deb 25 March 1994 vol 240 c450W
Ms Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people have applied for invalidity benefit on grounds of the new disability provision within the invalidity benefit rules, by benefit agency area, since the rule change in September 1993; how many of these applications have been on grounds of bronchitis and emphysema; and, of these, how many applications have been(a) turned down and (b) accepted by benefit agency area.

Mr. Scott

The information requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.