§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will list(a) the number of claimants and (b) the expenditure on invalidity benefit and incapacity benefit resulting from mental illness for each year since 1990–91; [27973]
(2) if he will list (a) the number of claimants and (b) the expenditure on invalidity and incapacity benefit due to disability, excluding mental illness, for each year since 1990–91. [27966]
§ Mr. BurtInformation is not available in the format requested. Expenditure data for invalidity benefit and incapacity benefit cannot be broken down by medical condition. Some information on the numbers of claimants 97W with mental disorders is available for invalidity benefit and is set out in the table. Comparable information for incapacity benefit is not yet available.
Claimants incapacitated on the last day of the statistical period in connection with a claim for invalidity benefit Date Mental disorder Other incapacities excluding mental disorder 30 March 1991 207,000 1,099,000 4 April 1992 228,000 1,211,000 3 April 1993 258,000 1,322,000 2 April 1994 278,000 1,403,000 1. Figures are taken form a 1 per cent. sample of all invalidity benefit claims in Great Britain, rounded to the nearest thousand.
§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what was(a)the number of claimants and (b) the expenditure on income support due to disability, excluding mental illness, for each year since 1990–91; [27965]
(2) if he will list (a) the number of claimants and (b) the expenditure on income support due to mental illness in each year since 1990–91. [27967]
Mr. EvansThe information to identify how many income support claimants suffer from a mental illness is not available.