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Incapacity Benefit: Gwent

Answer

The information requested is given in the following table:

Working age claimants of incapacity benefits in Islwyn parliamentary constituency
	Incapacity benefit/severe disability allowance	Percentage of Islwyn working age population	Employment and support allowance	Percentage of Islwyn working age population	Working age population estimates¹
May:
1997	6,200	15.8	—	—	39,039
1998	6,000	15.4	—	—	39,039
1999	6,100	15.6	—	—	39,039
2000	6,110	15.7	—	—	39,039
2001	6,160	15.8	—	—	39,039
2002	6,190	15.8	—	—	39,272
2003	6,170	15.7	—	—	39,373
2004	5,970	15.1	—	—	39,677
2005	5,870	14.7	—	—	39,817
2006	5,810	14.4	—	—	40,211
2007	5,490	13.7	—	—	40,099
2008	5,160	12.9	—	—	40,099
2009	4,540	11.3	500	1.3	40,099
2010	4,540	11.3	990	2.5	40,099
¹ Please be aware that the population estimates used are experimental statistics and do not yet meet the quality standards of National Statistics. These are unrevised estimates and are not consistent with the latest mid-year population estimates by local authority. They are due to be revised early next year and will be published along with the estimates by parliamentary constituency for mid-2008 and mid-2009. Notes: 1. May 1997 to May 1999 figures are based on sample data and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation. 2. 5% sample figures are rounded to the nearest hundred, and 100% caseloads to the nearest ten. 3. 5% sample figures have been uprated using 5% proportions against 100% WPLS totals. 4. Incapacity benefit was replaced by employment support allowance (ESA) from October 2008. 5. Published benefit data will reflect the 2010 parliamentary constituencies from May 2010 data (published November 2010) onwards. 6. Prior to May 2010, the Westminster parliamentary constituencies for 2005 have been used. 7. Population estimates are not available by parliamentary constituency for the following periods: 1997 to 2000—mid-2001 estimates used 2008 to 2010—mid-2007 estimates used. 8. State pension age began to increase from April 2010. 9. Working age has been defined here as for pre-April 2010. 10. Population estimates are unrounded. Source: 1997-1999 figures Information Directorate 5% samples. 2000 onwards DWP Information Directorate: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100% data. Population Estimates—Office for National Statistics.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

27318; 519 c946W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Incapacity benefit Gwent

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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