§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the latest monthly count of claimants drawing any one of the sickness, disability or disablement benefits. [33141]
§ Mr. BurtThe information is not available in the format requested. The available information is in the table:
Benefit Numbers in receipt Latest data Attendance Allowance1 996,000 March1994 Disability Living Allowance2 1,541.000 May1995 Disability Working Allowance3 5,202 January 1995 Industrial Injuries Benefit4 209,000 April 1993 Invalidity Benefit5,12 1,580,000 April 1993 Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis, and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme6 331 June 1995 Reduced Earnings Allowance/Retirement Allowance7 155,000 April 1993 Sickness Benefit8 12 147,000 April 1993 Severe Disablement Allowance9 316,000 April 1993 War Disablement Benefit10 260,297 March 1995 Workmens Compensation Supplementation Scheme11 870 June 1995 Figures rounded to the nearest thousand other than those based on a 100 per cent. count of cases. 1. Based on 100 per cent. count of cases, adjusted by an annual sampling exercise. 2. Based on five per cent. sample. 3. Based on 100 per cent. count. 4. Rated up from ten per cent. sample with an allowance for late returns. The figure quoted related to the number of assessment in payment and not recipients. A person may be in receipt of more than one pension. 5. Based on one per cent. sample. 6. Based on 100 per cent. count of cases. 7. Rated up from a ten per cent. sample with an allowance for late returns. The figure quoted relates to the number of allowances in payment and not recipients. A person may be in receipt of more than one allowance. 8. Based on a one per cent. sample. 9. Based on one per cent. sample. 10. Based on 100 per cent. count of cases. 11. Based on 100 per cent. count of cases. 12. Replaced by Incapacity benefit from 13 April 1995.