§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 7 February,Official Report, column 32 how many and what proportion of those claimants of invalidity benefit who receive an occupational pension had been receiving such pension payments for (a) up to six months, (b) up to one year, (c) up to two years and (d) more than two years; and if such pensions had been in payment to the claimant during (i) the first six months of incapacity, (ii) between six and 12 months of the start of the incapacity and (iii) only after the first year of incapacity.
§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 8 February,Official Report, column 210, of the claimants of invalidity benefit also receiving an income from investment, what were the sources of this investment income; and of those with net earnings, how many and what proportion had payments from former employers, classified by type of employer payment.
§ Mr. ScottThe table shows the main sources of investment income with recipients as a proportion of all invalidity benefit recipients with investment income.
Information is not available on the number and proportion of invalidity benefit recipients with net earnings who receive payments from former employers.
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Type of investment income Proportion per cent. Interest from bank accounts (net and gross) 30 Interest from building society accounts (net and gross) 75 Income from stocks and shares and British savings bonds interest 30 Other investment income 15 Notes:
1. Total may sum to more than 100 per cent. as individuals can have more than one source of investment income.
2. Figures are based on information from the 1990 and 1991 Family Expenditure Sources Investment income in the survey is subject to large margins of uncertainty.
3. Figures are rounded to the nearest 5 per cent.