§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will list for each of the last 30 years for which figures are available(a) the number and percentage of claimants drawing invalidity benefit, (b) the number and percentage drawing invalidity benefit and income support, (c) the number and percentage drawing invalidity benefit and housing benefit and (d) the number and percentage of long-term sick drawing income support and or housing benefit;
(2) if he will list for each of the past 30 years (a) the number and percentage of people claiming sick pay or statutory pay only, (b) the number and percentage of this group drawing sick pay and income support, (c) the number and percentage claiming sick pay and housing benefit and (d) the number and percentage without sick pay cover who draw only income support and/or housing benefit.
§ Mr. HagueThe available information is in the tables.
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Table 1 Statutory sick pay beneficiaries in Great Britain Year ended Number Percentage of population 1985 4,963,000 14.7 1986 5,059,000 14.9 1987 5,203,000 15.3
Table 1 Statutory sick pay beneficiaries in Great Britain Year ended Number Percentage of population 1988 5,386,000 15.7 1989 5,497,000 16.0 1990 5,871,000 17.0 1991 5,664,000 16.40 1992 5,283,000 15.3 1993 4,822,000 13.9 Notes
1.Statutory sick pay was introduced on 6 April 1983, and was payable for a maximum of eight weeks in any one tax year. This increased to 28 weeks from 6 April 1986 and the tax year limit removed. Data are not available for the year ending April 1984.
2.An employee may have more than one spell of statutory sick pay in the year.
3.The figures are in respect of the number of employees who received statutory sick pay in the year ended April.
4.Statutory sick pay is not payable to men aged 65 and over. Prior to 6 April 1994 it was not payable to women aged 60 and over.
5.There are a limited number of cases where the region within the United Kingdom is not known, which are not included within the Great Britain figure.
6.Population in Great Britain aged 16 to 59 for a woman, 16 to 64 for a man, each mid-year, supplied by OPCS.
Sources
1. per cent. sample of employer tax returns in respect of their employees, rounded to the nearest thousand.
2. Estimated mid-year resident population figures supplied by OPCS.
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Table 2A Recipients of invalidity benefit (IVB) and sickness benefit (SB) with and without supplementary benefit (SuppB)/income support (IS) and housing benefit (HB) Number of recipients—Thousands Invalidity benefit recipients Sickness benefit recipients Year All With SuppB/IS only (a) With SuppB/IS and HB With HB only All With SuppB/IS only (a) With SuppB/IS and HB With HB only 1964 — — — — 876 — — — 1965 — — — — 923 — — — 1966 — — — — 900 — — — 1967 — — — — 903 — — — 1968 — — — — 934 — — — 1969 — — — — 923 16 — — 1970 — — — — 932 16 — — 1971 — — — — 857 21 — — 1972 414 110 — — 455 20 — — 1973 435 — — — 449 — — — 1974 442 72 — — 455 18 — — 1975 450 54 — — 403 15 — — 1976 — 48 — — — 17 — — 1977 505 45 — — 452 17 — — 1978 557 42 — — 472 16 — — 1979 610 33 — — 430 11 — — 1980 615 34 — — 384 13 — — 1981 633 43 — — 353 19 — — 1982 683 55 — — 393 24 — — 1983 737 63 — — 338 21 — — 1984 797 83 — — 190 24 — — 1985 849 — — — 180 — — — 1986 899 92 — — 179 25 — — 1987 968 112 — — 110 20 — — 1988 1,047 97 — — 117 23 — — 1989 1,126 102 — 189 109 27 — 9 1990 1,209 110 4 205 103 12 11 9 1991 1306 51 53 237 110 13 17 13 1992 1,439 65 65 260 138 16 16 11 1993 1,580 80 77 267 147 16 17 11 Notes:
1. See notes to table 2B
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Table 2B—As a percentage of all people of eligible age for invalidity benefit/sickness benefit Invalidity benefit recipients Sickness benefit recipients Year All With SuppB/IS only (a) With SuppB/IS and HB With HB only All With SuppB/IS only (a) With SuppB/IS and HB With HB only 1964 — — — — 2.5 — — — 1965 — — — — 2.7 — — — 1966 — — — — 2.6 — — — 1967 — — — — 2.6 — — — 1968 — — — — 2.7 — — — 1969 — — — — 2.7 * — — 1970 — — — — 2.7 * — — 1971 — — — — 2.5 0.1 — — 1972 1.2 0.3 — — 1.3 0.1 — — 1973 1.3 — — — 1.3 — — — 1974 1.3 0.2 — — 1.3 0.1 — 1975 1.3 0.2 — — 1.2 * — — 1976 — 0.1 — — — * — — 1977 1.5 0.1 — — 1.3 * — — 1978 1.6 0.1 — — 1.4 ∗ — — 1979 1.8 0.1 — — 1.2 * — — 1980 1.8 0.1 — — 1.1 * — — 1981 1.8 0.1 — — 1.0 0.1 — — 1982 2.0 0.2 — — 1.1 0.1 — — 1983 2.1 0.2 — — 1.0 0.1 — — 1984 2.3 0.2 — — 0.5 0.1 — — 1985 2.5 — — — 0.5 — — — 1986 2.6 0.3 — — 0.5 0.1 — — 1987 2.8 0.3 — — 0.3 0.1 — — 1988 3.0 0.3 — — 0.3 0.1 — —
Table 2B—As a percentage of all people of eligible age for invalidity benefit/sickness benefit Invalidity benefit recipients Sickness benefit recipients Year All With SuppB/IS only (a) With SuppB/IS and HB With HB only All With SuppB/IS only (a) With SuppB/IS andHB With HB only 1989 3.3 0.3 — 0.5 0.3 0.1 — ∗ 1990 3.5 0.3 ∗ 0.6 0.3 ∗ ∗ 1991 3.8 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.3 ∗ ∗ ∗ 1992 4.2 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.4 ∗ ∗ ∗ 1993 4.6 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.4 ∗ ∗ ∗ Notes—not available
∗ less than 0.1 per cent.
(a) All supplementary benefit income support claimants prior to 1990.
1. Males aged 16 to 69 and females aged 16 to 64. Figures rounded to the nearest thousand.
2. Income support and housing benefit figures are for claimants only, i.e. partners are not counted and include claimants with statutory sick pay.
3. Housing benefit data not available prior to 1989.
4. Income support replaced supplementary benefit in 1988.
5. Invalidity benefit was introduced on 23 September 1971, and is payable from the 169th day of incapacity.
6. From 1972 to 1982 invalidity benefit figures are at May/June, and thereafter at March/April.
7. The sickness benefit information for 1964, 1965 and 1966 in respect of claimants, may include a number of cases where benefit was not in payment.
8. Statutory sick pay was introduced on 6 April 1983, and was payable for a maximum of 8 weeks in any one tax year. This was increased to 28 weeks from 6 April 1986 and the tax year limit removed.
9. From 1964 to 1982 sickness benefit figures are at May/June, and thereafter at March/April.
Sources
Supplementary benefit/income support statistics annual inquiries 1969–1993.
Housing benefit management information statistics.
Sickness benefit based on a 5 per cent. sample of claimants up to 1969, 2.5 per cent. between 1970 and 1975, 2 per cent. for 1977 and 1978 and 1 per cent. thereafter.
Invalidity benefit based on a 2.5 per cent. sample of claimants up to 1975, 2 per cent. for 1977 and 1978 and 1 per cent. thereafter.
Table 3A—Sick and disabled claimants of supplementary benefit (SuppB)/income support (IS) and housing benefit (HB) but without invalidity benefit (IVB), sickness benefit and statutory sick pay (SSP) Number of claimants—thousands Long term sick and disabled Short term sick Year All sick and disabled(a) All With SuppB/IS only (b) With SuppB/IS andHB With HB only With SuppB/IS 1964 — — — — — — 1965 — — — — — — 1966 — — — — — — 1967 — — — — — — 1968 — — — — — — 1969 310 — — — — — 1970 307 — — — — — 1971 284 — — — — — 1972 168 — — — — — 1973 — — — — — — 1974 170 — — — — — 1975 173 — — — — — 1976 178 — — — — — 1977 167 — — — — — 1978 165 — — — — — 1979 163 — — — — — 1980 158 — — — — — 1981 159 — — — — — 1982 160 — — — — — 1983 157 — — — — — 1984 168 — — — — — 1985 — — — — — — 1986 185 — — — — — 1987 220 — — — — — 1988 — — — — — — 1989 349 270 258 — 12 79 1990 386 307 297 — 10 79 1991 421 353 348 — 5 68 1992 470 390 206 176 8 80 1993 562 481 235 237 9 81 Note:
1. See notes to table 3B
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Table 3B As a percentage of people of eligible age for invalidity benefit/sickness benefit Long term sick and disabled Short term sick Year All sick and disabled (a) All With SuppB/IS only (b) With SuppB/IS andHB With HB only With SuppB/IS 1964 — — — — — — 1965 — — — — — — 1966 — — — — — — 1967 — — — — — — 1968 — — — — — — 1969 0.9 — — — — — 1970 0.9 — — — — — 1971 0.8 — — — — — 1972 0.5 — — — — — 1973 — — — — — — 1974 0.5 — — — — — 1975 0.5 — — — — — 1976 0.5 — — — — — 1977 0.5 — — — — — 1978 0.5 — — — — — 1979 0.5 — — — — — 1980 0.4 — — — — — 1981 0.4 — — — — — 1982 0.4 — — — — — 1983 0.4 — — — — — 1984 0.5 — — — — — 1985 — — — — — — 1986 0.5 — — — — — 1987 0.6 — — — — — 1988 — — — — — 1989 0.9 0.7 7 — ∗ 0.2 1990 1 0.8 0.8 — ∗ 0.2 1991 1.1 0.9 0.9 — ∗ 0.2 1992 1.3 1 0.6 0.5 o 0.2 1993 1.5 1.3 0.6 0.6 ∗ 0.2 Notes:
"—" not available
"∗" less than 0.1 percent
(a) Sick and disabled supplementary benefit claimants only prior to 1988.
(b) All income support claimants from 1989 to 1991
1. Males aged 16 to 69 and females aged 16 to 64. Figures rounded to the nearest thousand.
2. Income support and housing benefit figures are for claimants only, ie partners are not counted.
3. Supplementary benefit figures include all claimants (males under 65, females under 60) who are sick and disabled without invalidity benefit, sickness benefit or statutory sick pay. Long-term sick or disabled income support claimants without invalidity benefit, sickness benefit and statutory sick pay are those who qualify for a disability premium or a higher pensioner premium (males aged 60 to 64 only) in their own right, ie not because of their partners' condition, and those in residential care or nursing homes (males aged under 65, females aged under 60). Short-term sick income support claimants without invalidity benefit, sickness benefit or statutory sick pay are those aged under 60 who are incapable of work but who have not yet qualified for a disability premium.
4. Long-term sick or disabled housing benefit claimants without invalidity benefit, sickness benefit or statutory sick pay are those who qualify in their own right for a disability premium, ie not because of their partners' condition. It is not possible to identify short-term housing benefit claimants without invalidity benefit, sickness benefit or statutory sick pay.
5. Housing benefit data not available prior to 1989.
6. Income support replaced supplementary benefit in 1988.
Sources:
Supplementary benefit/income support statistics annual inquiries 1969–1993.
Housing benefit management information statistics.