Written question asked by Iris Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party) on Friday, 22 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 28 October 2004. It was answered by Lord Spellar (Labour) on Thursday, 28 October 2004 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Northern Ireland Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the cost of medically-related benefits in the Province in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how much of that resulted from chronic pain. - Inc table.

Answer: Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the cost of medically-related benefits in the Province in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how much of that resulted from chronic pain. [193705] Mr. Spellar: The cost of medically-related Social Security Benefits for the 12 months up to June 2004 is shown as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million Disability living allowance 524 Incapacity benefit 321 Severe disablement allowance 42 Industrial injuries benefit 32 Attendance allowance (12 months up to March 2004) 174 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. A breakdown of how much resulted from chronic pain is not available.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 425 c1352W; 193705
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Disability living allowance Attendance allowance Industrial injuries scheme Incapacity benefit Northern Ireland Pain Social security benefits Severe disablement allowance
Contains statistics: Yes
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