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Ms Jenny Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people were receiving incapacity benefit in (a) the UK and (b) the West Midlands on 31 March. [81162]
Mr. Bayley
The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table. Figures for 31 March 1999 are not yet available.
| Incapacity Benefit recipients | |
| 31 August 1998 | |
| United Kingdom | 1,716,488 |
| (Northern Ireland) | 98,588 |
| (Great Britain) | 1,617,900 |
| West Midlands | 141,680 |
Note:
Both systems exclude a small number of cases held clerically
Source:
Norther Ireland: 100 per cent. sample of the Benefit computer system
Great Britain and West Midlands: 5 per cent. sample of the Benefit computer system