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Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit

Volume 456: debated on Wednesday 7 February 2007

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Hywel Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants there were of industrial injuries disablement benefit in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) each Welsh parliamentary constituency in each of the last three years; and what percentage of the relevant working population each figure represents. (117944)

Mr. Jim Murphy

[holding answer 1 February 2007]: Information on the number of industrial injuries disablement benefit cases in payment is not available at constituency level.

The available information is in the table.

Industrial injuries disablement benefit cases in payment

England

Wales

Number of cases in payment

Percentage of working age population

Number of cases in payment

Percentage of working age population

2004

219,575

0.7

19,240

1.1

2005

219,670

0.7

19,380

1.1

2006

219,155

0.7

19,290

1.1

Notes:

1. Figures are based on 100 per cent. data and exclude reduced earnings allowance cases.

2. Figures are taken at March each year and rounded to the nearest five.

3. The percentage of population has been calculated using mid-2005 population estimates. Working age has been defined as females aged 16 to 59 and males 16 to 64.

Source:

DWP Information Directorate