[holding answer 20 February 2008]: Information for the full year to February 1997 is not available. The available information is in the following table.
As at February each year Incapacity benefits commencements Death Stops claiming incapacity benefits and starts claiming State Pension 1998 944,400 30,800 69,000 1999 838,000 29,800 80,400 2000 807,300 30,300 91,600 2001 788,900 28,200 43,500 2002 744,600 28,600 42,600 2003 726,600 27,600 49,100 2004 702,200 28,600 43,300 2005 663,000 28,000 63,400 2006 614,800 27,300 58,700 2007 606,800 27,900 63,300 Notes: 1. Terminations figures are produced from 5 per cent sample data. 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. 3. Totals may not sum due to rounding. 4. Earlier years have been updated to include late notified terminations. Source: DWP Information Directorate 5 per cent terminations dataset
The available information has been placed in the Library.