§ Mr. Alfred MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many incapacity benefit claimants have been found to be fit for work by the all-work test since its introduction; how many such claimants have since claimed benefits as being unemployed and seeking work; and how many have obtained employment. [1406]
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§ Mr. BurtUp to the end of September 1996, around 178,000 incapacity benefit claimants had been found capable of work following the all-work test. A total of 73,000 claimed unemployment benefits. A total of 47,000 have since left the register and around 10,000 were placed in employment or on training schemes by the Employment Service.