Written question asked by Lord Willetts (Conservative) on Monday, 30 April 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 May 2001. It was answered by Hugh Bayley (Labour) on Thursday, 3 May 2001 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.

Dept of Social Security

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 25th April, Official Report, 367 c269W, how many incapacity benefit claims were terminated because the claimant (a) died, (b) reached pensionable age, (c) started employment and (d) left the caseload for another - Includes table and fact that information is not available in the format requested.

Answer: Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 25 April 2001, Official Report, column 269W, how many Incapacity Benefit claims were terminated because the claimant (a) died, (b) reached pensionable age, (c) started employment and (d) left the caseload for another reason. [160231] Mr. Bayley: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table. Incapacity Benefit terminations _________________________________________________________________________________________________. April 1998 to March 1999 Number of terminations Death of claimant 36,000 Award of retirement pension 172,000 Other reason 591,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Figures are taken from a 1 per cent. sample of claimants. 2. We do not routinely ask people why they have stopped claiming Incapacity Benefit.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 160231; 367 c786-7W
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Disability Death Employment Incapacity benefit Pensioners Social security benefits Take-up
Contains statistics: Yes
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