Incapacity Benefit

Jim Cousins
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many incapacity benefit claimants there are in each (a) county, (b) metropolitan authority, (c) London borough and (d) unitary authority in England.

Jonathan Shaw
The information requested has been placed in the Library.

Mr. Harper
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people claimed incapacity benefit in each year since 1997; and how many such claimants (a) reached retirement age and (b) died in each such year.

Jonathan Shaw
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs. May) on 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 166W.