Incapacity Benefit: Newcastle upon Tyne

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) men and (b) women were incapacity benefit claimants in Newcastle upon Tyne in each year since 1997. (181061)

[holding answer 22 January 2008]: The information is in the following table.

*Incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance cases by gender in Newcastle upon Tyne local authority*
	Working age females	Working age males
May 1997	6,500	11,500
May 1998	6,800	11,400
May 1999	7,300	12,100
May 2000	7,060	12,020
May 2001	7,380	12,360
May 2002	7,530	12,410
May 2003	7,490	11,880
May 2004	7,240	11,460
May 2005	7,040	11,040
May 2006	6,830	10,510
May 2007	6,540	10,080
¹ 1997, 1998 and 1999 figures are uprated to WPLS totals and rounded to the nearest 100. ² Figures for 2000 onwards are rounded to the nearest 10. ³ Totals may not sum due to rounding. ⁴ 1997, 1998 and 1999 figures are based on a five per cent. sample, and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation. Source: DWP Information Directorate five per cent. sample and 100 per cent. Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study

Volume 471: debated on Thursday 31 January 2008