Incapacity Benefit

Mr. Harper
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.

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

Mr. Harper
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.

Jonathan Shaw
The information requested is not available.