Incapacity Benefit: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Blyth Valley constituency and (b) the North East over the age of 60 years are in receipt of incapacity benefit. (258934)

The available information is in the following table.

*Number of people claiming incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance aged 60 and over in Blyth Valley parliamentary constituency, north east and north west government office regions—August 2008*
	Claimants over 60
Blyth Valley	700
North East	23,340
North West	53,610
Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Data available on: www.nomisweb.co.uk Source: The Department for Work and Pensions Information Directorate 100 per cent. Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study

Volume 489: debated on Wednesday 11 March 2009