Incapacity Benefit: Beverley and Holderness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Beverley and Holderness were registered for incapacity benefit in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. (155226)

The available information is in the following table.

*Number of incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance claimants in Beverley and Holderness parliamentary constituency*
Quarter ending	Number
February 1997	4,000
February 1998	4,000
February 1999	3,500
February 2000	3,200
February 2001	3,280
February 2002	3,240
February 2003	3,290
February 2004	3,330
February 2005	3,400
February 2006	3,430
February 2007	3,320
Notes: 1. February 1997 to February 1999 (inclusive) numbers are uprated to WPLS totals and rounded to the nearest hundred. 2. February 2000 to February 2007 (inclusive) numbers are rounded to the nearest ten. 3. February 1997 to February 1999 (inclusive) numbers are based on a five per cent. sample, and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation. 4. These figures should be used as a guide to the current situation only. Source: DWP Information Directorate five per cent sample and 100 per cent Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study

Volume 463: debated on Wednesday 12 September 2007