§ Dr. GibsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in the Norwich, North constituency failed the All Work Test in the period 1995 to 1998. [73378]
§ Mr. BayleyThe administration of Incapacity Benefit is a matter for Peter Mathison, the Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to my hon. Friend.
801WLetter from Peter Mathison to Dr. Ian Gibson, dated 2 March 1999:
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many people in the Norwich North constituency failed the All Work Test in the period 1995 to 1998.The information is not available in the format you requested. The Benefits Agency (BA) does not hold information by Parliamentary constituency. The information provided below relates to the Agency's Norwich District.
Customers failing All Work Test 1995–98 Norwich District Nationally 1995–96 292 66,367 1996–97 683 112,046 1997–98 n/a 104,339 Information about those failing the All Work Test has not been available by BA Districts since 1997/98. The information supplied is taken from cases recorded on the Incapacity Benefit computer system.
I hope that this is helpful.