HC Deb 03 March 1997 vol 291 c525W
Mr. Alan Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants of invalidity benefit were undertaking therapeutic work during the year 1994–95; how many claimants of incapacity benefit have undertaken exempt work since its introduction in 1995; and what is his estimate of(a) the annual cost and (b) the numbers affected if the therapeutic work rules were reintroduced into incapacity benefit. [16098]

Mr. Burt

The information is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.