Social Security Benefits: Disabled Mr. Oaten To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people receive (a) the disability premium for income support, (b) enhanced disability premium for income support, (c) the severe disability premium for income support and (d) both incapacity benefit and the enhanced disability premium for income support. Mrs. McGuire [holding answer 2008]: The information requested is given in the following table. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Type of disability premium |Number of IS claimants| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Disability premium only |805,600 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Disability premium and enhanced disability premium |159,220 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Disability premium and severe disability premium |218,520 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Enhanced disability premium and also claiming Incapacity Benefit |144,300 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Notes: 1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Income Support claimants may be entitled to more than one disability premium. 3. Overlaps between disability premiums have been removed. 4. Figures exclude residual Minimum Income Guarantee claimants. Source: DWP Information Directorate 100 per cent. Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.| | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------