Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Monday, 14 January 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 26 April 2002. It was answered by Nicholas Brown (Labour) on Friday, 26 April 2002 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Dept for Work and Pensions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have been in receipt of incapacity benefit payment for (a) six months or less, (b) between six months and one year, (c) between one and two years and (d) between two and five years; what the average period of payment is for current claimants of incapacity benefit; and what the comparable averages were in each year since 1997; how many people received payment of incapacity benefit in each year since 1997; and how many of these represented new claims; how many new claimants of incapacity benefit in the last six months represented (a) transfers from other social security benefits, (b) people moving from employment onto benefit and (c) people moving onto benefit from unknown origins; how many people leaving incapacity benefit in the last six months represented (a) transfers to other social security benefits, (b) people moving from benefit into employment and (c) people moving off benefit to unknown destinations; what percentage of the working age population is in receipt of incapacity benefit; and what the comparable averages were in each year since 1997; how many new claimants of incapacity benefit in the last six months had been in receipt of either (a) jobseeker's allowance or (b) income support at any time during the previous 12 months. - Inc tables.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 384 c472-5W;384 c470-3W; 27873;27874;27875;27876;27877;27878;27879
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Incapacity benefit Payments Recipients Social security benefits
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk