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Mr. Worthington
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people were in receipt of sickness benefit at the end of each month since April 1991.
Mr. Burt
Information is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available is in the table, and is obtained from a 100 per cent. count of cases by benefit offices at the end of each month, rounded to the nearest thousand. The figures include cases registered sick that are not receiving sickness benefit but are receiving income support and national insurance credits.
| Date | Sickness Benefit |
| May 1991 | 433,000 |
| June 1991 | 421,000 |
| July 1991 | 431,000 |
| August 1991 | 430,000 |
| September1991 | 438,000 |
| October 1991 | 434,000 |
| November 1991 | 445,000 |
| December 1991 | 449,000 |
| January 1992 | 461,000 |
| February 1992 | 474,000 |
| March 1992 | 479,000 |
| April 1992 | 465,000 |
| May 1992 | 472,000 |
| June 1992 | 472,000 |
| July 1992 | 487,000 |
| August 1992 | 489,000 |
| September 1992 | 496,000 |
| October 1992 | 505,000 |
| November 1992 | 513,000 |
| December 1992 | 521,000 |
| January 1993 | 525,000 |
| February 1993 | 535,000 |
| March 1993 | 538,000 |
Note: These figures are derived from a physical count and may be subject to occasional revision.