Social Security Benefits: Overseas Residence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants of (a) the disability living allowance care component, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) the state pension and (d) bereavement benefit he estimates are living in other European economic area (EEA) states and Switzerland. (201444)

The most recent available information is in the following table.

*Cases in payment in the European economic area and Switzerland*
	Number
Disability living allowance care component (at 4 October 2007)	110
Incapacity benefit (at 8 April 2008)	10,180
State pension (at 8 April 2008)	374,120
Bereavement benefits (at 8 April 2008)	1,055
Note: Figures have been rounded to the nearest five. Source: DMS MOP scan

Volume 475: debated on Wednesday 7 May 2008