§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many people, covered by the Hull benefits office, were in receipt of invalidity benefit on(a) 31 March 1995 and (b) the latest available date; [4711]
(2) how many people formerly in receipt of invalidity benefit in the area covered by the Hull benefit office are now in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment. [4708]
§ Mr. BurtThe administration of invalidity benefit is a matter for Peter Mathison, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Peter Mathison to Mr. Kevin McNamara, dated 21 November 1996:
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Questions asking how many people, covered by the Hull Benefits Office, were in receipt of Invalidity Benefit (IVB) on (a) 31st March 1995 and (b) the latest available date; and how many people formerly in receipt of IVB in the area covered by the Hull Benefit Office are now in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment. [4708].The information is not available in the format requested. Statistics are not collated for customers leaving IVB to take up full or part time employment. The information available is shown in the table below:-
Hull district benefits agency Customers in receipt of invalidity benefit on 31 March 1995 Customers in receipt of incapacity benefit on 30 September 19961 12,931 13,238 Figures are provisional and subject to change.1 Sickness benefit and IVB were replaced by incapacity benefit (IB) from 13 April 1995. The figure quoted is for IB short term higher and IB long term, ie cases from the 29th week of incapacity. this is comparable to IVB.
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