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Incapacity Benefit

Volume 506: debated on Tuesday 2 March 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent estimate her Department has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of current claimants of incapacity benefit who are not required to meet any conditions in order to continue to receive the benefit. (317945)

All recipients of incapacity benefits must meet the conditions of entitlement in order to qualify for benefit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of off-flows from incapacity benefit have been due to claimants moving into work in each year since 1997. (317946)