asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will make available the latest information about the private and occupational pension entitlement of those entitled to state incapacity benefit, distinguishing between those transferred from the former invalidity benefit and those receiving respectively the higher rate and the lower rate of incapacity benefit awarded since 1995. [HL2694]
Information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.The table shows levels of occupational and personal pensions for all current incapacity benefit recipients. It is not possible to provide separate figures for former invalidity benefit recipients and people on different rates of incapacity benefit. No existing incapacity benefit recipient will be affected at the point of change by the proposal to take some account of occupational and personal pensions over £50 a week.
| Distribution of occupational and personal pensions among incapacity benefit caseload | |
| Amount of Pension Income | Number of Cases |
| £0–£10 | 53,000 |
| £10–£20 | 52,000 |
| £20–£30 | 40,000 |
| £30–£40 | 45,000 |
| £40–£50 | 55,000 |
| £50–£60 | 52,000 |
| £60–£70 | 52,000 |
| £70–£80 | 40,000 |
| £80–£90 | 34,000 |
| £90–£100 | 41,000 |
| £100–£110 | 17,000 |
| £110–£120 | 13,000 |
| £120–£130 | 15,000 |
| £130–£140 | 17,000 |
| £140–£150 | 23,000 |
| £150–£160 | 9,000 |
| £160–£170 | 11,000 |
| £170–£180 | 9,000 |
| £180–£190 | 11,000 |
| £190–£200 | 7,000 |
| > £200 | 46,000 |
| Total | 642,000 |
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