Incapacity Benefit: Bedfordshire

Andrew Selous
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) incapacity benefit and (b) employment and support allowance claimants there were in South West Bedfordshire constituency on the latest date for which figures are available.

Jonathan Shaw
The available information is in the table.

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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |Incapacity benefit|Employment and support allowance|
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|South West Bedfordshire                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |2,530             |410                             |
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|Notes:1. Caseload has been rounded to the nearest 10.2. Data published at:www.nomisweb.co.uk(incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance) andhttp://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/tabtool.asp(employment and support allowance).3. Employment and support allowance replaced incapacity benefit and income support paid on the grounds of incapacity for new claims from 27 October 2008.Source:Department for Work and Pensions Information Directorate 100 per cent. Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.|                  |                                |
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