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Written question asked by Annabelle Ewing (Scottish National Party) on Thursday, 29 January 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 3 February 2004. It was answered by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Tuesday, 3 February 2004 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 people claimed incapacity benefit for financial years (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03 in (i) the Perth constituency, (ii) Scotland and (iii) the UK. - Includes table.
Answer

Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people claimed Incapacity Benefit for financial years (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03 in (i) the Perth constituency, (ii) Scotland and (iii) the UK. [152524] Maria Eagle: The available information is in the following tables. New claims for IB/SDA in the periods shown _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Scotland new claims IB/SDA Great Britain new claims IB/SDA April 2001 to March 2002 101,400 835,570 April 2002 to March 2003 101,440 812,065 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest five. 2. Incapacity benefit figures include national insurance credits only cases. 3. Figures for Great Britain will include a small number of claimants resident overseas. 4. Figures for Northern Ireland are a matter for the Northern Ireland Office and are not given here. 5. Information regarding the number of claims made in Perth for the financial years requested is unavailable. Source: DWP Information Centre, 5 per cent. samples. Live IB/SDA claims in February 2002 and 2003 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Perth IB/SDA Scotland IB/SDA Great Britain IB/SDA February 2002 3,500 327,300 2,695,600 February 2003 3,600 326,500 2,710,200 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. 2. Incapacity benefit figures include national insurance credits only cases. 3. Figures for Great Britain will include a small number of claimants resident overseas. 4. Figures for Northern Ireland are a matter for the Northern Ireland Office and are not given here. Source: CDU 100 per cent. counts.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
417 c833W;417 c833-4W; 152524
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Applications Incapacity benefit Scotland Social security benefits Perth
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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