§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people are currently receiving invalidity benefit in each of the benefit districts in Wales; and what percentage these figures represent, by district, of the total population of working age. [14892]
§ Mr. HagueThe available information is in the table.
People in receipt of invalidity benefit in the Benefits Agency districts covering Wales on the last working day of February 1995,
and as a percentage of working population
District Number of invalidity benefit recipients1 Percentage of the working population2 North Gwent and Brecon 17,291 — North Wales Coast 13,766 — South Glamorgan 16,336 7 Gwynedd 10,900 7 South Gwent and Islwyn 14,008 — Mid Wales and Maelor 10,818 — Ogwar Afan Nedd 22,939 — Cynon, Merthyr and Rhymney Valley 24,171 18 Swansea 17,876 — Taff Rhondda 18,235 — West Wales 20,127 — Notes:
1 Figures obtained from a 100 per cent. clerical count of cases in the Benefits Agency offices. The figure will include some people who have claimed but are not actually receiving invalidity benefit because they are in receipt of a higher overlapping benefit.
2 The working population has been taken to be 16 to 64 for men and 16 to 59 for women. Estimated mid-year in 1993 population figures supplied by the population estimates unit, Office of Population Censuses and Survey. Figures have been given only where the Benefits Agency district has the same boundaries as the Welsh county districts.